乡愁是首诗（14）

Homesickness is a poem

林清玄文章片断（3）

Excerpts from Lin Qingxuan's articles

Always think of the best things in lif

常想一二，

Don't think about the bad things in life

不思八九，

Everything goes well

事事如意。

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Has the poem ever been set to music?

这首诗曾经被谱过曲吗？

This poem has been set to music by many musicians.

这首诗被很多音乐家谱了曲。

The musician set a poem to music.

音乐家把一首诗谱入乐曲。

The last two lines rhyme.

诗的最后两行押韵。

There is no strain in his verse.

他的诗没有韵味。

This poem reads sonorous.

这首诗读起来音调铿锵。

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A prevailing mood of harmony

一团和气

A twelve-foot tall monk

丈二和尚

The monk can run away, but not the monastery.

真是丈二和尚摸不着头脑.

To advocate this and other same to

彼倡此和