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第15章 Listening to Requiem

If I could ever invite the sage priest Bimo[3] to chant

A requiem to send my soul to the heaven

While I am still alive,

If while I am still alive

I could ever return to where I came

Along the paths trodden by all my ancestors,

If I could ever fulfill all those wishes

Instead of living in reveries,

If my ancestors who are now in eternal rest

Should ever ask me what my daily routines are,

I would reply with honesty

That this is the fellow

Who loves people of all races

As well as the tender lips of young ladies

And has the habit of composing poems during the night

But has done no evil to anyone