I was dying; my cat by my side
I was yearning to die so the cat did meow.
That means she can’t let me go
when will she mea let me die.
That I don’t know only she knows
(Oh, me let me go)2
(Oh the cat will you meow)3
Last poem of Dr Myint Myint Khin
compose in the afternoon of 16 June 2014
less than 3 days before she passed away
around 2:17-2:20 pm on Thursday,
19 June 2014 at Shegonedine Specialist
Centre, Yangon ‘Rangoon’,
Myanmar ‘Burma’.
Transcribed by loving son Myint Zan.