A Song

No one will probably be able to see it on their computers, but I wrote a song in Chinese and want to share it with y'all...even if it only shows up as little hollow boxes...

爱在这里

我躺下的时候

爱在这里，爱在这里

我起来的时候

爱在这里爱在这里

每天我看见爱

从天堂像雨一样飘下来

如果我听我看

爱就会出现

从东到西

爱在这里, 爱在这里

从北到南

爱在这里,爱在这里

虽然痛苦偷袭

但是我不会恐惧

我走在爱的路上

永不迷惘

Translation:


When I lie down
Love is here, love is here
When I arise
Love is here, love is here

Every day I see love
Drift down from heaven like rain
If I listen, I will see
Love will appear

From the East to the West
Love is here, love is here
From the North to the South
Love is here, love is here

Although pain waits in ambush
I will not be afraid
I will walk the path of love
Forever, without confusion


Some things in the written Chinese are implied idiomatically or poetically and not openly stated. I needed to the teacher's help a lot on this... apparently the way I wrote it (which was much more..."to the point" in terms of prose) was not very poetic/ Chinese sounding.

I find it funny that the Chinese also try to rhyme their poetry...from learning Chinese I have realized that, actually, there is far, far, far less of a difference between humans than we are inclined to think. Really we are the same in so many ways...it just so happens that different cultures went in different directions. As far as I am concerned, China could have wound up being the "Christian/Capitalist" bunch (I of course am using the term "Christian" VERY loosely...) and we could have been the "Atheist/Communist" bunch. It just so happens...it turned out this way.

Fun fact: When Marco Polo went to China, the then-leaders wanted him to bring back Christians to teach Christianity throughout the country...but there was a squabble in the papacy that controlled the church at that time, and only two dudes went, and one went back home along the way due to illness...I don't remember what happened to the other guy. Imagine if the church had had its act together...the world would be so different.