Mozart in E-flat Major

By Hsia Yü

Translated from the Chinese by Karen An-hwei Lee

Read the translator's notes

I turn around.

I feel Monday’s well-shaven face lightly

caress my left shoulder

most cherished part

most crucial here and now

Source: Poetry (June 2011)

Previous in Issue Next in Issue

This Poem Appears In

Read Issue

Previous in Issue Next in Issue

More Poems by Hsia Yü

To Be Elsewhere

By Hsia Yü

See All Poems by this Author

Mozart in E-flat Major

By Hsia Yü

About this Poet

Hsia Yü (also Xia Yu) is the author of several volumes of poetry, most recently Pink Noise (2007). A founding editor of the Taiwanese avant-garde literary zine, Xianzai Shi (Poetry now), she currently resides in Taipei where she works as a lyricist and translator.

Read Full Biography

More About this Poet

Region:
- Asia, East

Quick Tags

Love
Desire

Mozart in E-flat Major

To Be Elsewhere

Mozart in E-flat Major