A Stone In My Heart

A Stone In My Heart Author: Li Zhongqi Tr Lingnanbuyi Voice: Lingnanbuyi There was not A stone in my heart Who put it there? And it has become Bigger and bigger Suddenly a heavy feeling Struck my heart As if the whole life Were to be crushed I tried my best to stand it But I couldn’t help asking Heavens, what's wrong with me When morning exercises Someboday told me To learn to face calmly Just like a sentence in the book Mind needs nourishing A calligrapher told me To wash my heart in a clear pool And Beethoven told me with music People can ever be beaten down All these words are good and helpful But the stone is still there "All who work hard to bear the burden of..." Unload your burdens under the cross I fell down and listened to the words of comfort Tears of joy Broke the stone dam My soul get the scour And when I stood up The stone in my heart Disappeared miraculously[mɪ'rækjələslɪ] My wife copied a painting by Van Gogh ----The way to the church Hanging in my house The man in the picture is taking firm steps Not caring about the change of seasons I gazed at her, and again As if the figure in the painting Were me Not her any more