A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Photographer: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Published October 2020 on Litviet
THE LIGHT
the shape of your eyes fine
like the air
the sharpness of a ray of light
cutting vertically the sky
–
your pages of poetry
imprints of a blue horizon
pressed resin
an identification card
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ÁNH SÁNG
đôi mắt bạn mỏng dánh
như không khí
sắc nét như tia sáng
cắt dọc trên bầu trời
–
những trang thơ của bạn
in lên bầu trời xanh
ép nhựa
như một tấm chứng minh nhân dân
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OCTOBER 2020
Lê Vĩnh Tài, the poet and translator born in 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands and a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, poet, and translator, was born in 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm 