為友--Be a Friend By Edgar Albert Guest 1881-1959

 

 

為友
毋須財
僅需暖陽光常在
僅需溫柔滿關懷
心寬神怡自在
手贈玫瑰
幽人來
僅需意念願慷慨
為朋為友不徘徊
 
為友
毋求榮
君子之交淡勝濃
行行過暇滿目空
眼眼皆瑜誠為忠
感讚少年敢為勇
攜手哀者攜心痛
僅需舉手之動
為友之職
在其中
 
為友
酬更厚
(青史無名無人候）
豐裕更勝智者謀
智者自謀自風流
免若鄰人聞雞犬
天涯處處皆摯友
赤心付桑榆收
優優千秋
富勝侯
為友

Be a friend
By Edgar Albert Guest (20 August 1881 – 5 August 1959).

Guest was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life.
 
Be a friend.  
You don't need money;
Just a disposition sunny;
Just the wish to help another
Get along some way or other;
Just a kindly hand extended
Out to one who's unbefriended;
Just the will to give or lend,
This will make you someone's friend.
 
Be a friend.
You don't need glory.
Friendship is a simple story.
Pass by trifling errors blindly,
Gaze on honest effort kindly,
Cheer the youth who's bravely trying,
Pity him who's sadly sighing;
Just a little labor spend
On the duties of a friend.
 
Be a friend.  
The pay is bigger
(Though not written by a figure)
Than is earned by people clever
In what's merely self-endeavor.
You'll have friends instead of neighbors
For the profits of your labors;
You'll be richer in the end
Than a prince, if you're a friend.