致我死去的兄弟姐妹 (zhi wo siq de xiongdi jiemei)For My Departed Brothers and Sisters

For My Departed Brothers and Sisters

致我死去的兄弟姐妹 (zhi wo siq de xiongdi jiemei)

I’m just like you

I was just like you:

A teenager leaving home,

Eager to make my own way in the world.

我和你们一样

我曾像你们一样,

青春年少,背井离乡,

渴望能自己养活自己,闯荡天下。

Source: Yan Jun’s poem is collected in the program catalogue of the 3rd New Workers Cultural and Arts Festival, Beijing, September 2010.

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