Farewell — Dedicated to My Beloved Wife Cuiqin
Time flies like an arrow. Your gentle voice and radiant smile, your warmth and grace, still linger vividly in my memory. And yet, in the blink of an eye, the relentless passage of time has allowed the sun and moon to cycle through ten long years...
Was it the will of Heaven—or the cruel mockery of fate?
Though ten years of torment have brought me back from the brink of death and allowed me to raise our beloved daughter into adulthood, life has not turned out as we had hoped. She is no longer the same precious daughter we once knew, and I can no longer call myself a devoted or competent father with pride.
I ask myself time and again where I went wrong, but I have no clear answers. All I know is that I have failed to live up to the sacred trust you placed in me. On the occasion of this solemn tenth anniversary of your passing, I once again beg your forgiveness and pray that your spirit may help mend the widening rift between father and daughter.
I do not know if my plea aligns with Heaven’s will. But beyond this prayer, I am at a loss. I have no other means left.
(In solemn remembrance of your 30th heavenly birthday.)
