On Volunteering   

何毓琦

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《志愿服务排律》

公职无薪亦竞驰，初来华裔每称奇。

昔闻良训蓄如匮，今见真知涌若陂。

业海潜行先得讯，潮头稳立早擎旗。

社稷躬行开境界，江湖笑谈入杯卮。

妻从庾岭移栽日，我到芝庭授业时。

九秩犹勤镇务琐，半生甘隐哈佛晖。

但言内子名方贵，岂计先生位可嗤？

但秉赤诚耕陇亩，休怀机巧种蒿藜。

Volunteering Service – In Regulated Verse

For unpaid public posts, they race ahead;

New Chinese immigrants stare in surprise.

I learned from a mentor while I was led,

“Volunteering pays back beyond its guise.”

By serving in the field, you glean insights,

And get a head start riding the first tide.

You reach new heights by giving days and nights;

You’re offered a seat with drinks set aside.

My wife moved here when young, took roots, and stayed;

I joined Harvard to teach, year after year.

At ninety, she still gives township her aid;

I’m content as her spouse, my title unclear.

When introduced as “Sophia Ho’s man,”

Not the prof taught for decades on the stand.

Just work with sincere care, as you began;

If you scheme for reward, you lose the land.

《公职吟·续排律》

公职无薪亦竞驰，初来华裔每称奇。

九州本重禄名事，异域偏崇奉献时。

非为斗金趋薄宦，愿将寸意补藩篱。

夜会频开参政案，晨街自执扫尘箕。

昔闻范相先忧语，今见侨胞共济姿。

社区渐熟融如酪，议席初登慎若棋。

莫道位卑权柄小，春风亦可发寒枝。

2

莫道位卑权柄小，春风亦可发寒枝。​

何须麟阁标勋绩，且看苔花绽石墀。​

三尺讲台传薪火，四邻议事解民痍。​

但存赤壤培根柢，自有青穹润雨丝。

3

但存赤壤培根柢，自有青穹润雨丝。

桃李成蹊非一日，江河赴海本千漪。

夜灯长映社区册，春韭新分邻里篱。

莫问浮名镌石否，人间功业是扶持。

4

莫问浮名镌石否，人间功业是扶持。

碑文易蚀风兼雨，心火长明日共曦。

巷陌寻常存至道，布衣俯仰即丰碑。

他年若话春泥事，满地青荫子满枝。

5

他年若话春泥事，满地青荫子满枝。

岁月不居成大道，风霜几度化宏辞。

银鞍曾耀千门烛，布履犹温五夜卮。

试看云霞生处起，青山俱是脊梁姿。