- David Griffiths
You are lonely,
but you stay awake and think stubbornly.
You use Shakespeare's grace
to interpret freedom and love.
Your talent
makes the whole world tremble, and
you make your national film
more confident and splendid.
But why are you so stubborn and crazy?
Why keep going and keep going without looking back?
You want to see the end of the world, no matter what,
the end of curiosity may be death.
You want the world, and
the world abandons you.
It is better to serve hypocrisy than to
compromise faith and art.
You filmed "Fall", "Passion", "Massacre" and "Fa", and
finally they landed on your head,
those who took advantage of the emptiness,
smeared their laughter with your hard work.
You would rather fail in art
than in thinking, and
you always hold
that contemplative, lonely, proud head high.
until you fall.
No solemn funerals, no flowers, no monuments.
Until you're gone,
leaving a bleak separation.
Only time loves you!
Only time understands you!
Only time to clean for you!
Today, people call you:
- "Father of American Cinema"!
The monument engraved with love and respect
has stood in the hearts of all.
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