A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Đức Sơn
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
One day of suffering ripened within me
So I went to the tree and sat down quietly
The durian tree dropped its fruit on the resting water
The surface of the lake shattered in drifting stars
Come on darling, in the thousand years that had passed by
In the moon’s shadow always is my soul
The sky was born that very afternoon so I may
See the forest clouds flying far far away
—
July 2022
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Tôi thấy mây rừng
Một ngày đau khổ chín trong tôi
Tôi đến bên cây lẳng lặng ngồi
Cây thả trái sầu trên nước lắng
Mặt hồ tan vỡ ánh sao trôi
Thôi nhé ngàn năm em đi qua
Hồn tôi cô tịch bóng trăng tà
Trời sinh ra để chiều hôm đó
Tôi thấy mây rừng bay rất xa
Thơ Nguyễn Đức Sơn
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.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm 
Beautiful poem and photography, Tram
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