記念何鎮源老師逝世三週年 余晃英 (‘61) 二〇二一年十一月四日
三載恆念稟師前
溫煦音容尚依然
如沐春風思教益
牢記秋陽伴君行(1)
星移物換鄉情怯
雲散霧消友逝先(2)
可憐陷牢申公義
世情變幻釜中煎
瘟疫猙獰如鬼魅
四苦弄人多糾纏(3)
願隨良師艱奮步
堅毅從容入暮年
注:
(1) 2018年9 月16 日多倫多市Terry Fox Run, 何師已病入膏肓, 但仍能行走, 一如既往, 出席參加善舉, 獨力用支架往返步行一個街口。朱承寧兄與我一左一右陪伴他走了這一段路, 至今歷歷在目。
(2) 今年港大學長游順釗、陳載澧, 九華同學李文浩、歐陽兆里、鄧家堯, 學生李偉雄先後離世。
(3) 四苦, 佛家語, 生老病死。
In Remembrance: on the third anniversary of my teacher Mr Anthony Ho’s passing
Yu Fong-ying (’61) November 1, 2021
With enduring memories of you these last three years, once again I turn to you,
With your gentle countenance ever present before me.
I remember the beneficial lessons learned by your side,
And with clarity, the slow walk accompanying you on a sunny autumn day.(1)
Heavenly objects, earthly affairs, feelings for homeland wax and wane;
Clouds disperse and fogs disappear; died early so some friends.(2)
What great pity! Some lost their freedom defending social justice.
How strange! Others faced an about-turn, like being broiled on a gridiron.
Horrible and ferocious, the pandemic hovers over the world like ghosts.
The four sufferings mock and entangle life.(3)
I wish I could continue to follow you in your effortful but determined steps
And learn to live out my old age with self-reliance, perseverance and equanimity.
Notes
(1) On September 16, 2018, Chu Shing Ning and I accompanied Mr Ho on a walker back and forth the length of one street block in the Terry Fox Run in Toronto. He was weakened by his terminal illness but still participated in the charity run just like in the years before.
(2) Five university and school friends and one student have passed away this year: Yau Shun-chiu, Chan Choi Lai; Lee Wen Ho, Auyang Siu Lee, Michael Tang; Lee Wai Hung.
(3) The four sufferings, a Buddhist term: birth, age, disease and death.