A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
blood
is not a part of any lexicon
it’s oozing, bleeding
it is a dream, an inspiration
it is an awakening
it is
THE awakening…
máu
không phải là một từ vựng
nó đang chảy
nó đang mơ
nó đang thức dậy…
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.
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