Thursday, October 23, 2008

All hail the emperor

Good morning your Highness!
A thousand good blessings on your head!
A thousand good blessings on your family!
All hail his majesty!
Good fortune and prosperity to his highness!

Leave, your majesty?
Heaven forbid, you must not!
Stay, we need you!
Who but you can manage the country and her people?
Put you great power to great use.

But, a few words of advice, your majesty.

Do not meddle in affairs of the Court, your highness,
you might cause yourself undue distress.

And do not get mixed up in military affairs, your highness,
do not welcome unwanted harm to yourself.

Do not participate in trading and monetary affairs, your highness,
lest you be cheated.

Do not mingle with commoners, your highness,
you might catch an illness.

The brilliant, kind, fearless Emperor is in his rightful place
safe on his golden throne,
to live a hundred years.

All hail the emperor.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This sounds like an abridged version of Negaraku... :)

Meenaka

Ravi said...

All hail Meenu!

meenutrust said...

Hi Meenaka,

looks like you discovered my source of inspiration for this entry.

Hi Ravi,

it's not good to go around hailing regular folks on the street. Haven't spoken to you in a while, hope to chat some time!