Wednesday, May 19, 2010

To live, as tody is the end of the world

Last week, we study about the poem. Actually, I can only remember one English poem, and I seldom read English poem, because I think English poem is not as easy as Chinese poem to understand because of my poor vocabulary. However, after I find out all the words in the dictionary, I find that English poem is not very direct to express the poet’s feeling. Just like the Chinese modern, English poem always write about some other things, and the poet seldom write himself in the poem. At this point, I dislike the English poem and Chinese modern poem very much, compared with the Chinese ancient poem. Maybe because I used to learn and remember lots of Chinese ancient poem, I have been used to the form and the way it express the main idea of a poem.
Actually, the only one English poem I can remember is a very simple poem I read by accident. At first, I saw this poem in Chinese, and I was addicted to it. Because this poem is very easy, so I remember it at once. After a few months, I saw this poem in English, and when I found it in the Internet, I realized that this poem is a English poem.
The poem is as following:

To love, like you have never been hurt before
To dance, like nobody would watch
To sing, like nobody would listen
To work, like you don't need any money
To live, like there is no tomorrow

I was deeply moved by the words the first time I saw it, though it tell the main idea in the most direct way. I realize that life is really short, and what we should do is to treasure every day, and make full use of the time. Do whatever you want to do; maybe it’s easy to say but hard to make it come true. Don’t care others’ view on you; maybe it’s impossible for everyone. But life is controlled by yourself, you can use your life to do what you think is right and meaningful to you. Get a high score in the exam can be a kind of achievement; fight with others and beat them is also a kind of proud, even though it’s not a good thing, but when put in front of life, everything is equal, no right or wrong. Everyone is their own one, the life belongs to them. To live my own life is my best wish, just like the poem says: to live, as today is the end of the world.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, we love, completely and without looking for any returns; we dance and sing and enjoy ourselves in our own way, on what we enjoy, not being influenced by what is the ;right dance or the right song'; we work because we enjoy the work and not count what benefits we could squeeze out of the boss; and we live life fully, which is to love, to enjoy what we do but at the same time not overlooking the needs and sensitivities of others.

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