A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
sometimes the poem falls
down
like a fallen leaf
and the wind pushes it around
all over the ground on the sidewalk
don’t pick them up and show them off
like bond coupons…
—
October 2022
đôi khi bài thơ rơi
xuống
như lá rụng
và gió xô đẩy nó
lăn tăn trên vỉa hè
bạn đừng nhặt nó mang khoe
như mấy tờ trái phiếu…
Lê Vĩnh Tài, the poet and translator born in 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands and a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.
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 
Thanks for sharing this poem. Anita
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