Brother Lin, ...I have labored over this casket with my own hands. Though I have had only my shadow for compa…
Brother Lin,
...I have labored over this casket with my own hands. Though I have had only my shadow for company, the little cat by my side has done something to ease the loneliness...
...The hardships of the body I have always taken lightly. Yet whenever I hear that an old friend has passed on, it seems to me that the colors and sounds of this world grow dimmer still, the melodies that once lingered beneath the rafters fading ever farther away, and the heaviness in my chest growing harder and harder to dispel. I still remember those who once composed new airs with me in years past. How many of them are left now...
...Once this casket is finished, I must meet Brother Lin and Brother Ma again. We shall debate the classics for three days, and together recall the bright days of the Harmony Troupe...