A poem in Vietnamese by Vũ Ngọc Giao
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
there in the ever ending
call of a bird
on shoulders fell
I couldn’t in whom eyes tell
exhaling sound
desolation
.
November 2019
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CÕI VÔ CÙNG
.
sớm mai trong cõi vô cùng
tiếng chim nào
rớt ngập ngừng trên vai
tôi nhìn tôi trong mắt ai
nghe ra hơi thở
đã dài quạnh hiu
Vũ Ngọc Giao, the Vietnamese musician and poet born 1951, My Tho. A former student Petrus Ký Sài Gòn (1961 – 1968), an alumnus of the Faculty of Philosophy, the University of Literature Saigon (1968 – 1970), he is the founder of Phu Nhuan Guitar Club, Saigon. His poetry is published on many literary websites. A few familiar songs: Looking back at my life, The man with sad eyes (a poem by Đỗ Trung Quân), His return on a rainy night, The July rain…
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 
Hi Nguyễn, thanks so much for sharing your poetry and translating your countries poetry. I appreciate your work deeply and feel blessed I can learn more about Vietnam. Again thank you 🤗
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Thank you so much Bee, for your kind words and for taking the time to read my translations and many others. I am happy that us as human beings from all walks of life gets a chance to share such a moment through language. ❤
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I fully agree with you on that. Learning another language and experiencing another culture is so important. Am looking forward to reading more 🤗
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