Tan Ean Kiam 陳延謙

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Tan Ean Kiam 陳延謙
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Tomb couplet
同裘成一夢
安土好長眠
埋骨何须故里
盖棺便是吾廬
延謙自題

Under the same quilt we have the same dream 
Just bury me and let me have a deep sleep

No need to bury me in my hometown 
For when you close the coffin lid, that will be my abode

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A Poem by Tan Ean Kiam : Remembering my wife at her tomb during Qing Ming 

The grass grows green during Qing Ming 
My tears stream down as I touch my wife's grave
When she was alive we used to quibble over trivial things 
Now it wrenches my heart, when I think of her

(translated by Yik Han)
清明日省墓悼內

清明時節草茸茸 
棖觸妻墳淚幾行 
未死每為閑事鬧 
只今我反百廽腸

From NLB 

Zhi yuan ji /  [Chen Yanqian zhu].

止园集 /  [陈延谦著]


  • Chen, Yanqian.
  • 陈延谦
  • [Xinjiapo :  Nanyang yin wu gong si yin,  1938]
  • [新加坡 :  南洋印务公司印,  1938]
Books
  • 21, 5, 38, 27, 15 double leaves, [6] leaves of plates :ill., ports. ;22 cm.
  • 21, 5, 38, 27, 15 double leaves ;22 cm.
  • 21, 5, 38, 27, 15双叶, [6]叶图版 :插图, 肖像 ;22公分.
  • "此集出版正我国对日抗战之周年而余五十六岁时也印象一帧以留纪念廿七年七月七日陈延谦志"--preface.
  • 繁体字本.
  • 线装书.
Digital copy download of Tan Ean Kiam’s book 


Further reading 

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