“Mom, I Only Want to Be with You” by Luo Qianxuan

Translated by Lan Xin (Lan Xin)

World Memory Heritage The Only Female Inheritor of Dongba Culture, International Renowned Writer & Poet. Internationally acclaimed bilingual writer, poet and translator, member of the Chinese Writers Association. The only female inheritor of UNESCO-listed Dongba Culture, International Disseminator of Dongba Culture and practitioner of Chinese culture’s global outreach. Winner of the Italian Francesco Giampietri International Literary Award, President of Lanxin Samei Academy and Dean of Yulong Wenbi Dongba Culture Academy.

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Αποκλειστικη Eκπρόσωπος για την Ελλάδα για την προώθηση της πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς – Dongba Culture Κίνα

About Luo Qianxuan

Luo Qianxuan (b.2014) is the 19th-generation inheritor of the UN-recognized World Memory Heritage Dongba Culture, an emerging young Chinese writer and poet, and the young protagonist in Baby Arrives, a bestseller by internationally renowned writer Lan Xin.

Born into a scholarly family with a profound Dongba cultural heritage, she has been immersed in the millennia-old Dongba cultural context since childhood. Her works, including Love in My Eyes and the If Kitten Qiuqiu Could Talk series, have been published at the national level and won first prizes. Her original paintings have been officially adopted as the cover and all interior illustrations for You Will Eventually Shine Brilliantly, a new book by Lan Xin, earning wide recognition for her artistic attainments in fine art.

Endowed with diverse artistic talents, she is a world teen supermodel who has won multiple global championships. Her fine art works have claimed the Gold Award at UNESCO-affiliated international art exhibitions, been exhibited and published at the Louvre in France. Proficient in various dance styles and active in film and television, she has amassed a total of 40 gold awards and numerous major honors by the age of 11. Rooted in cultural inheritance, she showcases the vibrant charm of young Eastern talents with her versatile abilities.

Mom, I Only Want to Be with You By Luo Qianxuan

Dear Mom

I really want to play joyfully at the amusement park

But if I have to leave you to go there

I would rather not go at all

Dear Mom

I really want to laugh and chat happily with good friends

But if I have to leave you to meet them

I would rather not go at all

Dear Mom

I really want to see the wonderful world outside

But if I have to leave you to set off

I would rather not go at all

Dear Mom

I really have so many places I want to visit

• many friends I want to play with
• many things I want to do

But if all of these

come at the cost of leaving you

I would rather give up everything

—just to stay quietly by your side

For

no matter how big how beautiful how wonderful the world outside may be

it can never compare

to even one second of warmth and peace by your side

Only where you are can I feel at peace

Only where you are is my true home

Dear Mom

the thing I want most in my whole life

—is to be with you

and never part!