Out of the blue, I listen to this beautiful old Tamil song after decades. It minded me of those four days in October 2019... it had a happy ending. Max is not here anymore but he came home and that beckons everlasting peace in my short life.
The English translation (which losses much of the essence) goes like this:
Relationships are everlasting stories
Feelings are like short stories
One story can conclude
While its end might lead to another
Only happiness beckons hereafter
Only happiness beckons hereafter
[---]
Your heart feels heavy
I am here from you
I will bear the burden
The corner of your eyes
Why are they wet?
I will soothe those tears
Your sorrows would end
The mist would clear
Oh milky cloud
I will blend in your renewed beauty
[---]
Life is like a song
And the melody is growing
Every day will be filled with happiness
So far you have only seen sorrow
From now on there will be only happiness
A new melody of happiness is starting now
A fresh flow of water in the river,
And it's merging with the ocean
Similarly, our bond has joined again today
And happiness is born
[---]
Relationships are everlasting stories
Feelings are like short stories
One story can conclude
While its end might lead to another
Only happiness beckons hereafter
Only happiness beckons hereafter
Max's first day, first photograph 05/21/2006
This relationship of ours was a short story but yet, it is a small part of the least understood and everlasting human-animal bond.
These simple bonds will not only outlive self-centered humans but someday might save and protect this beautiful planet.
Thank you Max for giving me a glimpse of life before I fall.
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