There are the days when we are simply lost | Đinh Thị Như Thúy

A poem in Vietnamese by Đinh Thị Như Thúy
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm


The start of a song
Resounding ceaseless harmony of a melody
The bewitching flames
Dancing light
Nocturnal butterflies flying with the rising smoke
Gliding along hypnotised by the scent of flowers
Scent of foliage
Scent of the earth
Gliding along with an arcane mysterious yet named
Ritual

May 2022
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Và tiếng hát đã cất lên
Những hoà âm vang dội suốt mùa dài
Những ngọn lửa u mê
Tung từng chùm ánh sáng
Những bướm đêm lượn vòng theo ngọn khói
Lượn vòng theo mùi hoa
Mùi lá cây
Mùi bụi đất
Lượn vòng theo một nghi lễ bí ẩn
Chưa kịp đặt tên

20.5.2022
PS: có những ngày như đi lạc


Đinh Thị Như Thuý, born 16-9-1965 in Hue,Vietnam. The Vietnamese poet attended high school in Danang, and university in Dalat, then was a literature teacher in Krong Pac district, Dak Lak province. Currently, she works at the Union of Literature and Arts of Da Nang City. She also used the pseudonyms Như Thuý, Như Dã Quỳ.

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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