A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Man Nhiên
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
I’ve noted the sacred books
on the shimmering pages of enormity
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I’ve hunted with arrows of sunlight
in a forest of the rising sun
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I’ve blinked upon the twilight afternoon
the darkness sometimes steeped in blood
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from my throat a glorious note
the meadows barer than departure
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I alone pushed along the rusty bike
the twisting path brown and full of light
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(December 2021)
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tôi viết cuốn sách thiêng liêng
vào trang lấp lánh của rộng lớn
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tôi săn bắn bằng mũi tên ánh sáng
trong khu rừng mặt trời mọc
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tôi chợp mắt dưới chiều muộn
bóng tối đôi khi nhuộm máu
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tôi cất lên nốt nhạc mạnh mẽ
cánh đồng trống hơn sau sự ra đi
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tôi đẩy xe cút kít một mình
con đường quanh co màu nâu đầy nắng
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Nguyễn Man Nhiên
Nguyễn Man Nhiên, the poet and digital artist currently resides in Saigon, Vietnam.
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 
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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I didn’t see a contact page. Are you interested in collaborating on translating some short rhyming poems from Vietnamese into English? Below is one that I translated with the help of a Vietnamese friend. He made the literal translation, and I paraphrased it and made it rhyme. You probably recognize the poem.
Your father’s work to raise you right,
In worth, is like a giant mountain.
Your mother’s love and guiding light
Have value like a flowing fountain.
Respect your parents as you should.
A grateful child’s heart is good.
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Thank you so much for the kind offer, I’m in the process of editing nearly 500 pieces of work I’ve been working on in the last 5 years. I wish you luck, and all the best in your endeavors in your Vietnamese vernacular. Cheers. Trâm.
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So awesome and so fascinating dear! Wonderful✨🤗😊👍
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thank you so much my friend, thank you for sharing the translations. Cheers. 🙂
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Always a pleasure dear friend!
Stay happy and Stay Connected dear!😊💞🙏🤗👍
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❤
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