{"id":22506,"date":"2019-09-23T09:19:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T05:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/?p=22506"},"modified":"2019-09-23T09:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T05:19:09","slug":"retour-a-moyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/retour-a-moyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Retour \u00e0 Moyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>By Clifford Ng Kwet Chan<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Au d\u00e9but du vingti\u00e8me si\u00e8cle<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tu fis de l&#8217;\u00eele Maurice<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Colonie britannique<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ta seconde patrie.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dans ta boutique<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pr\u00e8s du march\u00e9 de Port-Louis,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tu te faisais remarquer<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Par ta bonne gestion,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Et ta r\u00e9ussite fulgurante<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">T&#8217;assurait un brillant avenir.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">H\u00e9las ! nul n&#8217;\u00e9chappe \u00e0 son destin.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tout Chinois doit se plier \u00e0 son feng shui.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A la fleur de l&#8217;\u00e2ge,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Souffrant d&#8217;un mal incurable,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tu entrevis ta fin prochaine.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Faute d&#8217;h\u00e9ritiers en \u00e2ge de te succ\u00e9der,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tu bradas ton emplacement<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pour te payer le passage du retour<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dans ton Moyan natal<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">O\u00f9 tu mourus peu apr\u00e8s.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pour un vrai Chinois,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Etre enterr\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s de ses anc\u00eatres<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Etait un devoir sacr\u00e9.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Quand vint le moment pour ton unique fils,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Devan\u00e7ant son \u00e9pouse qui attendait un enfant,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">D&#8217;\u00e9migrer \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00eele Maurice<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pour gagner son pain,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Il partit comme tous les Hakkas<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Qui l&#8217;avaient pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Avec sa ceinture pour toute richesse.<\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>* Published in print edition on 20 September 2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Clifford Ng Kwet 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