Văn Học Ngoại Biên — Literature Beyond

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“Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.”

I love you the way the Sun loves fire,
you are a part of me.

Be it the world,
in ashes.

We are nothing
but our last breath.


Nov 2022

Em yêu anh như Mặt Trời yêu lửa,
anh là một bộ phận của em.

Thế giới ta sẽ cháy,
sẽ chỉ là tro bụi.

Ta sẽ là,
sẽ là hơi thở cuối cùng của ta.


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.

14 responses

  1. .Killa. avatar

    good day to you 🙌🙌🤩

    This is yet another great poem that you have translated, topped off with another fine picture of you 💕💙😁😆

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    1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar

      ah, this was one of mine, yeah, I’m cute like that sometime. Thanks 🙂

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      1. .Killa. avatar

        Hahaha cute indeed 🙌😄💞. You and poems go together like fine wine and lavish lifestyles 😂. Great job on the poem, I loved it 👍💕☺️🤭

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      2. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar

        Interesting pairing yeah for a proletarian like me. Thank you. 🙂

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      3. .Killa. avatar

        YUP 😂😂. In my eyes you are all kinds of awesome and proletarian is a word that I need to add to my vocabulary as soon as possible 👍✍️📚😆

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      4. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar

        🙃 glad to be of service

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      5. .Killa. avatar

        I am more than thankful ☺️🙏💞. Your customer service is the kind of professionalism I can live with 🙌😂💕💕

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      6. .Killa. avatar

        “Your customer service is the kind of professionalism I can live with”

        Let me rephrase that 🤔🤔

        “your service is the kind of professionalism I cannot live without”

        🤝🤣

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      7. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar

        With or without matters not, since life is too short to be indecisive. I have no idea what I’m trying to say.. I believe sleep depravation does that, so I bid you good night dear sir, may life give you joy..

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      8. .Killa. avatar

        Hahahaa, words of wisdom to live by 👌👌💕. Thank you for sharing this priceless and adored piece of knowledge and I wish you a lovely rest and night my friend ⭐🌙🙌😆🥰

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  2. Daily Interesting Blogs avatar

    👍👍👍👍👍👍

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  3. sircharlesthepoet avatar

    “We are nothing
    but our last breath.”

    Wow, what a melancholic line! This was very sweet and heartfelt. Thank you for sharing, bestie.

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