It Is Horrible Without Light

In darkness, without light

Nothing can be seen

In darkness, a wisp of light

Is a grain of seed

In darkness, to fall asleep heavily

But with light in the heart

In darkness, awake

To see light

How joyful it is

Doing Good Deeds Is to Light a Lamp

Love is an inexhaustible source of light

Love is light

Only love from the lord of life

Is real light

We shall treasure this source of light

While following it

Doing good deeds is to light a lamp

Doing good deeds, giving a hand to others

Means illumination

Making way for others, love is bred

Smiling to others, love is bred

Self-reflection for self-improvement

Regret and repentance, we are a better version of ourselves

Confidence Begets Light

Submissive to the domination of fate

Means to trace the light

To trace the sunrise of heaven

To trace the light

Means to live a carefree life

Waste no light

Waste no sunrise

In light

Everybody is joyful

We shall be respectful to light

Living in light

We shall refrain from doing evil things

The devil takes lead in the broad daylight

To commit a host of evils

Only the source

The savior of life

Can give us confidence

And we can see light in darkness

For the light to illumine the road ahead of us

To walk out of darkness of the world

Confidence means the death of the seed

Budding, for resurrection

Until walking out

To see light

Where to live forever

Homage to the Firefly

The firefly is caught in darkness

Such a tiny dot

By darkness it is squeezed

And squashed into a tiny speck

Yet to strike out on its own

Even such a tiny bit of light

Is so bright and brilliant

Defying the crush of darkness

Darkness dreads it

How can darkness smother its light

Darkness is helpless about the light of the firefly

The Mortal World of a Myriad of Twinkling Lights

In the night, a myriad of twinkling lights

One after another lamp

Has illuminated the life in the world

Lamps, this is the mortal world

This is the part which we lack

To be replenished by lamps

Oh in our hearts

It has also been total darkness

There is need for the source of light

Then, our heart is contented with the life of light

The night of the mortal world

Lamps are the brightest part

The Light Is Real Light

Artificial light is not genuine light

Since it does not stand the test

The light is genuine light

With the advent of genuine light

Darkness escapes

Artificial light is imitation

And is fake

Genuine light can dispel darkness

Artificial light is the friend of darkness

Artificial light identifies itself with darkness

Genuine light is the savior

Which saves the soul from darkness

Those who refuse to be saved

Will live in darkness and go to hell

The Street Lights Keeps Their Post

Those street lights

With the advent of darkness

Begin to be on guard

The street lights are good at fighting against darkness

Darkness is helpless about them

In darkness the street lights

Are like a joy and comfort

To treat well the night travelers

With street lights the travelers

Will be led by the street lights

Back to their home

To their resting place

Yes, to keep their post in darkness

And to bring such a gift of brightness to the nightwalker

To Keep the Lamp of Conscience Bright

The lamp of conscience

For a great number of people

When it is extinguished

Human life is all darkness

Evil is all darkness

The lamp of conscience cannot be blown out

Efforts shall be made to keep it alive

Conscience originates from the time before the Creation

The creator of life is in people’s heart

For the heart of people

With it

To know its own origin

People are to be illuminated by the lamp of conscience

To find the source of life

To quench the thirst from worldly perplexities

When the lamp of conscience is bright

It is hopeful to save lives

How can the light save human lives in darkness

How many people have no lamp to save and keep their own conscience

And they make friends with devils in darkness

Driven and enslaved by devils

Conscience is a precious verb

For it to be the dancing of the lamp

With Lamp Oil the Lamp Can Be Kept Bright Forever

The wise preparer

Has always been preparing the lamp oil

With the lamp oil

Long night is not to be dreaded

The wise preparer

Has been making efforts

With the lamp oil and well preserve it

Just like preserving food to tide over the years of famine

In darkness there shall be a lamp

The lamp is the road

The lamp is the future

The person who is preparing the lamp oil

Will strike out on his own

And he has the constant company of brightness

The Lamp Is the Heart of the House

In the house, with a lamp

There is a heart

When the heart is bright

The room is bright accordingly

The lamp in the room is bright

Which means the room

Like the light

Is living and alive

The lamp in the room

Is the preparation for life

As well as the dynamic of life

The lamp for the room

To bring people warmth

And brightness

The lamp is singing

In the room

It is a bright singer

Lai Tingjie is a native of Maoming, Guangdong Province, China. He is doctor of literature, doctor of humanism, national first-grade artist, researcher, famous cultural scholar, poet, writer, playwright, calligrapher, musician, media professional, plotter, and film-maker. Now he is member of China Academy of Management Sciences, vice general secretary of China’s Long March of Poetry Committee, chairman of the China Area of the World Scenic Spots Poetic Travelling Federation, member of Chinese Writers’ Association, member of Chinese Calligraphers’ Association, member of Chinese Playwrights’ Association, member of Chinese Film Literature Association, director of Chinese Poetry Association, member of the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Arts Committee of Chinese Couplets’ Association, member of the Calligraphy Education Committee of Chinese Education Association, member of the creative writing committee of Chinese Prose Association, director of Chinese Reportage Association, vice chairman of Guangdong Biographical Literature Association, and member of the Plotting Committee of Guangdong Artists Association, etc. He is the author of over 30 literary works, and the winner of over 30 domestic and overseas literary prizes. He is the editor-in-chief of Golden Wagon Poetry, Great Poetry, Shaanxi Poetry, The Writers’ Horizon, The World Poets, World Poetry Almanac (English version), Four Plus One (multilingual), Annual Selection of South China Poetry, Three Hundred Chinese Poems, Chinese Poetry Almanac (Chinese-English), and Contemporary International Poetry (English version), etc. And he is the editor-in-chief of Poetry Network and White Birch Network, president of Chinese Poetry Academy, president of China Research Academy of Lady Xian, chairman of Chinese Red Culture Media Group, and president of Warner Grand Screen Culture Media Group, etc.

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