The captured chicken | Nguyễn Lãm Thắng

A poem for kids in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Lãm Thắng
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Con Dao, Vietnam. Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

When tot was over at nan and pop
Pop was chasing a chicken
The chicken ran back and forth
And pop ran in and then out
Tot said: I’ll just get papa
To get his camera
At the press of a button
Capture the chicken.

May 2023

Bắt gà



Hôm bé ở nhà nội
Thấy nội ví con gà
Gà chạy lui chạy tới
Nội chạy vô chạy ra
Bé bảo: Phải nhờ bố
Mau lấy máy ảnh ra
Chỉ bấm nút một phát
Là bắt ngay con gà.


Nguyễn Lãm Thắng

Born August 14th, 1973, writes under many pseudonyms: Nguyễn Lãm Thắng, Lam Thuỵ, Trà Thị Kim Xuyến and as a children’s author: Nguyễn Trần Bảo Nghi, Du Lãm, Nhật Quang, Nguyễn Trần Khải Tú…

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.

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