Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 October 2015

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Photo by Anat Zecharia

PRAYER

sacred light wherever you are
let me stand look at peace
you are a tree thicket shrub
you are a house
you are the sparkle
you are the splendour
heard with the birds
sacred light wherever you are
let us stand look at peace
you are time
you are space
you are the heavens
in our hearts
sacred light wherever you are
grant us peace grant us wonder
grant us work
grant us leisure intercourse
grant us listening to each other
amen

MW July 2014, English Oct. 2015


祈祷

聖光你在哪儿
讓我站立静看
你是棵树
叢林草木
是房屋
燦爛
豔麗
在鳥鸣里
聖光你在哪儿
讓咱站立静看
看时间
看地方
看天堂
在咱心里
聖光你在哪儿
求你奉安静
奉驚奇
工作、休閒、游玩
奉我们交談
倾聽對方
阿門
2014-2015


GEBET

heiliges licht wo immer du bist
lass mich stehen stille schauen
du bist ein baum ein busch ein strauch
du bist ein haus
du bist der glanz
du bist die pracht
im vogelruf
heiliges licht wo immer du bist
lass uns stehen stille schauen
du bist die zeit
du bist der ort
du bist der himmel
in unseren herzen
heiliges licht wo immer du bist
gib uns stille gib uns staunen
gib uns arbeit
gib uns muße spiel gespräche
gib uns aufeinanderhören
amen

MW Juli 2014

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

桜



blossom

shine and float in white and pink
carried forth into the day
all among the loony people
certainly the trees are blooming
growing, falling, ripening
standing, breathing in the wind

MW April 2011

Photo by Ronnie Niedermeyer

bluete

weiss und rosa leuchtend schweben
fortgetragen in die tage
unter allen irren menschen
bluehen zweifellos die baeume
wachsen, fallen, reifen, stehen
atmen, oeffnen sich im wind

MW April 2011

Thursday, 29 July 2010

nice



nice

we're not that nice
we suck up ants
or vacuum them if you prefer
the proper word
we are of rather mixed descent
and heritage we come from here
and there are many lands
we're from or relatives of us have lived
have fled or marched or killed were sent
were held did dwell found work and died
in many lands as I have said
so we eat pork we eat all kinds
of vegetables and additives
we can afford to pick and choose
our words and tongues to some extent
the languages we speak and read
include chinese and latvian
we write chinese I don't speak dutch
or latvian but I have learned
some french and some romanian
some russian and I understand
some people sometimes but not all
not all the people every time
speak japanese or german bless allah
the lands and berries we are from
the pines the birch and chestnut trees
the oaks the roses everywhere
on walls the many kinds of leaves
and bless the ants bless all the bugs
we eat root out produce pass on
god bless the sand the waves the gulls
the rain the playmates and the wind
the sounds our son has formed the feet
the words and phrases we can hear
god bless the fear to overcome
to run to try to start anew
god bless us when we like the land
god bless us when we like our kind
god bless us when we feel the sun
we'll come again we leave and pray
god bless us all when we are done

MW July 2010

Thursday, 5 November 2009

祈禱

uebung

danke herr fuer diesen tag
jetzt kannst du ihn wieder haben
sagt man irgendwie nicht so
war sehr schoen hat mich gefreut
bitte lass uns besser schlafen
mach uns freundlich und geduldig
schick uns allen suesse traeume
unsern freunden hier in beijing
unsern lieben hier in wien
allen lieben auf der erde
und so weiter danke amen

MW Dezember 2008

晚安

gute nacht

ich denke jeden tag an dich
ich denke jeden tag an dich
ich denke jeden tag an dich
ich denke jeden tag an euch
ich rufe euch nur selten an
ich schreibe euch nicht oft genug
ich moechte oefter bei euch sein
ich denke jeden tag an dich
ich denke jeden tag an dich
ich denke jeden tag an dich
ich denke jeden tag an euch
jetzt muss ich wieder schlafen geh'n

MW November 2007

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

母親節

for early may

the days are hot for early may.
the night is fine
the kids are fine especially.
every beginning has its magic
and grants protection for our life.
i begin to think of you
you are 65 this year
you are 96 this year.
und jedem anfang wohnt ein zauber inne
der uns beschuetzt, und der uns hilft zu leben.
we wish you happy mother's day
i have known you both for 40 years
my mother and my grandmother
and now you get to know our kids.
the day is hot. there was some rain
the earth is parched again today.
we have a roof
and bread on the shelf
we have it warm
and water on tap
it's nice that way.
and we have a bed.
oh lord, if everybody
had all that.

MW May 2007