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The Pangs of Family Separation |
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Right after we were wed, Husband, you set out on a journey.
How was I to tell you how I felt?
Wandering around a foreign country, when will you ever come home?
I beg of you, after you depart, to come back soon,
Our separation will be only a flash of time;
I only wish that you would have good fortune,
In three years you would be home again.
Also, I beg of you that your heart won’t change,
That you keep your heart and mind on taking care of your family;
Each month or month and a half send a letter home,
In two or three years my wish is to welcome you home. |
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Quoted in Ronald Takaki, Strangers from a Different Shore (Boston, 1989), 42 |
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