緬面的寺廟多不勝數，Mandalay Hill 南門的對面是一些小商店，沿著商店小路走進去便是Kyuaktawgyi Pagoda，在寺裡碰上了一個小尼姑，年紀輕輕的她，看來只有十多歲，較一般街上看見的尼姑活潑可愛，她獨自在房間裡自修，碰上遊客如我般八卦，竟不嫌我的騷擾，送上友善笑容，用簡單英語與肢體語言自動介紹房裡的東西，如掛畫與佛祖的盛器，竟還拉著我一同吟詩。 對! 是吟詩，我不知我這大半世究竟有否吟過英文詩,而我的奇幻吟詩歷程就此開始。
正在學習英文的她，邀請我朗讀詩習裡的詩，滿以為輕輕的吟一首the night has a thousand eyes便算，小尼姑竟雀躍地說喜歡the rainbow這首詩，邀請我再朗讀the rainbow這首。當我用港式口音在朗讀時，發現小尼姑目不轉睛望著我，還笑意盈盈的細聲跟我一同背誦。
當我邀請她一同拍照時，小尼姑還會熱情挽著我的手臂，感覺就像是一對好朋友似的。她明亮的大眼睛，和譪的笑容，聚精會神的神情，就是如此的純真。
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes by Francis William Bourdillon
The night has a thousand eyes,
and the day but one;
yet the light of the bright world dies
and the day but one;
yet the light of the bright world dies
with the dying sun.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
and the heart but one:
Yet the light of a whole life dies
when love is done.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
and the heart but one:
Yet the light of a whole life dies
when love is done.
The Rainbow by William Wordsworth
My heart leaps up when Ibehold
A Rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the man;
And I wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
A Rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the man;
And I wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
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