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

 

 

为友
毋须财
仅需暖阳光常在
仅需温柔满关怀
心宽神怡自在
手赠玫瑰
幽人来
仅需意念愿慷慨
为朋为友不徘徊
 
为友
毋求荣
君子之交淡胜浓
行行过暇满目空
眼眼皆瑜诚为忠
感赞少年敢为勇
携手哀者携心痛
仅需举手之动
为友之职
在其中
 
为友
酬更厚
(青史无名无人候）
丰裕更胜智者谋
智者自谋自风流
免若邻人闻鸡犬
天涯处处皆挚友
赤心付桑榆收
优优千秋
富胜侯
为友

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.