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A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Bắc Sơn
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Art: By Đinh Trường Chinh

Women, they scare me, ah!
they shove and push, they squeeze .

the more they squeeze, I’m pleased,
what scares me the most is well
half way through the squeeze
ahumn.. they leave!


Đàn bà

đàn bà dễ sợ quá , a !
nó kềm , nó kẹp đời ta quá chừng .

nó càng kẹp , ta càng mừng ,
chỉ sợ nó kẹp nửa chừng ,
nó .. thả ra !

đàn ông tôi thích quá, á !
nó vo, nó vuốt nó làm ta cưng .

nó càng vuốt , ta càng nhiều cảm hứng ,
chỉ sợ nó hết cảm hứng nửa chừng ,
ta .. ngủ không được !

[Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm chuyển ngữ thơ Nguyễn Bắc Sơn]


Nguyễn Bắc Sơn (1944 – 4/8/2015) the poet, born and died Nguyễn Văn Hải, in Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận.

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.

15 responses

  1. vermavkv avatar

    Nice poem and beautiful painting.

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    1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar

      You are very kind, thank you.

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  2. DAP avatar

    Beautiful words and art …… ❤️

    (I think the good ones stay) 😌

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    1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar

      Young soldiers in the middle of a war often find themselves at a brothel, they don’t know if they were going to survive the next fight. Might help you read the poem differently 🙂

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  3. DAP avatar

    Yes, you are absolutely correct in that context …. war. I never it saw it that way, but I do now! ☮️

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  4. DAP avatar

    Yes, I see it in that context! War, always of my edge of my mind, and hoping it doesn’t touch anyone close!

    ❤️

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  5. pk world 🌎 avatar

    Beautiful poem 💜

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  6. Graham Stephen avatar

    liking the artwork a lot!

    ⬻𓂀✧ ‌🔺 ✬ღ☆ ‌🔺 ‌∞ ♡ ∞ ‌🔺 ‌☆ღ✬ ‌🔺 ‌✧𓂀⤖

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      1. Graham Stephen avatar

        💫🙇‍♂️😌🙏✨

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  7. vishal mishra avatar

    Very well written !.
    I am visiting your blog after 3 years .
    It’s good to see you are still writing ☺️.

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    1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar

      yeah.. Hopefully better at it LOL. A good weekend to you yeah !

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      1. vishal mishra avatar

        Please visit my blog too.
        I’ll post at least 1 article weekly .
        I wasn’t uploading anything after 2022 but now I’ll share my writings .
        Find a time to read them .
        Stay healthy and fit .
        You friend
        Vishal
        India 🇮🇳.

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      2. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar

        Sure thing, happy blogging yeah.🙌

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