Heartfelt Longings

[panhmway@xxxxxxx]

HEARTFELT  LONGINGS
( English translation)

To do good for my country and my people
is my deepest desire, my only goal.
So once again, to Japan I have come.

But no matter how blissful is Japan,
No matter how heavenly a country may be,
It compares not with my homeland.
The good that*s seen everywhere 
T*is  wondrous to behold.
So the deeper my longing, the greater my longing,
More heartfelt than ever before.

Progress in every aspect of life dear folks,
cannot be known by imagination alone.
But it is there, for all to see
if you care to look. 
So make haste and run, oh! run to see,
The beauty of your country. 

Maung Pan Hmway
January 24, 1999 

(Written by Maung Pan Hmway on the Japan-trip; January-1999)

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