Issue 2 - Under a Hong Kong Moon—Chronicles of the Unseen

Li Shaojun
trans. Lai Yiqi

 

The sky harbours an ancient moon,
I am yearning for home.
Through the haze, I see:
on the mountain path, my father, carrying the moon above his head,
is walking ahead
of me; and I trail behind, hauling a long lean shadow.

 

 

遠望
李少君 著

天空含著一個古老的月亮
我含著一顆懷鄉的心
在恍惚之中隱約望見:
山路上,父親頭頂著月亮
在前面走著
我跟在後面, 拖著長長的瘦小
的影子

Lai Yiqi is a graduate from the Master of Arts in English Language Teaching and Assessment (MA-ELTA) at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. She has been teaching piano for twelve years and is now in her second year of teaching English at school.