I've to take leave
for your sake:
staying on an extra moment
will only cause you more heartache-

it's the dictate of fate:
we aren't made
for each other
we've to break

this had been steel-cast
long even before we met :
it'd be a true blessing
not to remember but to forget-

farewell, farewell now
my once dearest beloved
when you see the stars in your loneliness
a single tear you shouldn't shed

Sadness to some extent
   makes a wholesome person:
   happiness without cessation
   is a life lived in disproportion

The world's greatest history
is nothing comparable
to the poignancy
of a person's individual story

I am off for war
  tell Mei dad will be back soon
  before spring's return

Renunciation
   is the highest purification

The world should have hope with the arrival of every child----

they will create what we couldn't and bring our dreams to fruition.

Tell me the colour
of your past and I
will construct your story
and explain to you the how and why

Tell me the colour
of your life in the present
I'll compose for you
music that speaks of your heart's hidden content

Tell me the colour
of your dream--your fondest-
its semblance I shall interpret
and relate how you will be blest

Tell me the colour
of the future in which you want to be
I'll look through my prophetic prism
which will reveal whether you would be sad or happy