At Bukit Brown, one often finds couplets on the “pillars” of the tombs. They embed  auspicious  meanings and also tributes to the departed. The above couplets reads: 雲绵绵兮柔顺岩峭峭兮蒼磊 Translated by Tay Hung Yong from the Heritage Singapore – Bukit Brown Cemetery FB group, t reads “Soft and gentle are the endless clouds; The rock stands solid for eternity.” Hung Yong says, “It signifies ever lasting love for the decease.”