2013
Jul
21
“Everlasting Love” – Couplets
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“雲绵绵兮柔顺” (photo Khoo Ee Hoon)
“岩峭峭兮蒼磊” (photo Khoo Ee Hoon”
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.”
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