For the Love of God’s Creations: Supreme Master Ching Hai’s Poetry on Our Animal Co-inhabitants – Words of a Hen & Buddha’s Sadness | |||||||
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Respected viewers, since her youth, with a heart of immense compassion, Supreme Master Ching Hai has composed many touching poems about the silent suffering of our beloved animal co-inhabitants.
In the past, Supreme Master Television has had the honor of presenting to you these poetic works, along with other creative compositions, such as music, drama, or chèo traditional opera, as adapted from Supreme Master Ching Hai’s verses. This week, we once again broadcast those selected programs with the special theme about our gentle animal friends. Please join us and feel for the noble animals who are always willing to share their unconditional love. Words of a Hen (Lời Gà Mái ) Poem written by Supreme Master Ching Hai in her late 20s To the field I go this morn Standing tall, I greet the river and mountain With my young innocent babes In the pond we swim and bathe. Skipping along right behind Mama Young feathers with newly tinged hues Round eyes like tiny beans Oh, my babies, how adorable you are! For the corn and grains, we’re grateful to humans Every day,happy and carefree Fresh clear water and shady trees So green the grass in the gentle breeze. Blue sky, wispy clouds, flowing streams Life is like a fairy tale Thank You, Lord Creator For these days of peace and safety. Then came an unexpected calamity A net was suddenly cast upon me A flash of shiny blade A scream muffled in splattering blood! My babies are left behind Mama’s heart is torn and shattered! Please… love… my… children… for… me… Don’t… kill… them! My…precious…babies… Buddha’s Sadness Poem composed by Supreme Master Ching Hai in her late 20s Recital by Supreme Master Ching Hai Poetry collection “The Dream of a Butterfly” I wish to find the celestial granary To scatter over mountains and forests, So every bird can be warm and nourished When I see them in cold wintry days Wings and feathers all in disarray, searching for food morsels! I wish to share all the meals, nutritious and tasty With scrawny cats in the wild, wandering and hungry Living furtively in abandoned shrines Blistering days and rainy nights, emaciated and wasting away! I sympathize with the deer and goats on rocky mountains Roaming all day, not having enough dry leaves Craggy cliffs lonely as ancient tombs Where can they find sweet grass and nectar stream! The heart of the Saint is forever in sorrow The vow to save the world, will it ever come to fruition? On bended knee, I awaken my faith in a Creator And implore Hirm this planet to restore. |
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