A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Đức Sơn
Translation: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
I will come prematurely
lips dry and remote is the G spot
the bush rough and closed up the night whole
you have not peed and yet wet is my soul
Vũng nước thánh
anh sẽ đến bất ngờ ai biết trước
miệng khô rồi nẻo cực lạc xa xôi
ôi một đêm bụi cỏ dáng thu người
em chưa đái mà hồn anh đã ướt
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Nguyễn Đức Sơn, the poet was born on November 18, 1937, in Du Khanh village, Thanh Hai district, Ninh Thuan province, originally from Thua Thien Hue. He began writing poetry very early with the pen name Sao Trên Rừng, and other pen names like Sơn Núi. On the morning of June 11, 2020, passed away at the age of 83.
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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