U Win Kyi Poems

Once she was put under house arrest
like a caged bird, her clipped wing could not flap.
But song of freedom she sang
Song of democracy she sang.
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Life has its ups and downs.
When having ups,
It is like lying on the petal of the rose,
So comfortable with the fragrance tickling in the nose.
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I feel very sorry,
After seeing the patient breaths with difficulty.
His chest huffing and puffing painfully,
Like a fish out of water.
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I have a very bad mood,
After seeing a patient on the booze,
To alcohol, everything he has to lose.
His reputation, career and wealth,
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Leaving the home for money,
Heart is heavy,
Eyes are teary,
Body is weary,
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I feel very sad,
After seeing the girls scantily clad,
At the roadside, selling the betal nut,
Seducing the customers with a great lust,
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The old husband wants to meet his old flame,
so that he could rekindle the love game,
not in real life,
but in a dream at night,
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I am a pig,
growing fat and big.
I eat and eat,
I sleep and sleep.
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Mom was a farm girl from countryside,
where there was no human rights.
From Mainland China did she hail,
where poverty and starvation prevailed.
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An old man got onto the bus,
holding his free-ride card,
thinking that it was still valid.
The bus driver made a harsh scolding blitz,
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