Wu San Chiu's Obituary
Born September 14,1916 Redhead Fishing Village, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Entered the Pure Land – September 19, 2012 Redwood City, CaliforniaSurta Chanting…….. Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale Memorial Service September 25, 2012 at 11:30AM Skylawn Funeral HomeClick here for Directions to Skylawn Memorial Park.In The Deep silent of Night – A Tribute to Our MotherIn the deep silent of night, I saw the wooden hut at the seaside light up at night, Fire warming up the rice wine, Ready for my brothers to wear off the winter’s chilly wind. I saw white dots of my brothers’ fishing rafts weaving with the mighty tide. At dawn, I saw the raft ashore and a pot above the burning fire was ready for the Mullets caught.In the deep silent of night, I saw the wave of sugar canes swaying. I saw my youth covered under layers of clothes, Under the red hot sun, Sweating, cutting the sugar plants. In the spring of my 20th, A red carriage brought me to my love With the drum, trumpets, dowry and all. In the deep silent of night, I saw my kids running wild with laughter, I saw oxen’s carts loaded with perfumed herbs, I saw merchants, venders, workers, in and out of the house that my husband built. In the deep silent of night, I saw my children sing and dance for me, My grand-children hugged me tight, My great grand-children smacked my face wet with joy and delight.In the deep silent of night, I saw ocean blue of Pacific Under the misty cloud of Gold Mountain high Oh, how I longed for the other side of ocean wide Where my sweet memory floats, And my parents lay. In the deep silent of night, I heard, faintly, the whistling of wind, Come home my sweet child, come home my sweet child.
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