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annoyed with the cat | Hương Cỏ May

A poem in Vietnamese by Hương Cỏ May
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

(source: the poet’s social media page)

GIẬN CON MÈO


Đơn côi tôi tự dỗ tôi
gió đùa
nắng chạy
biết nơi nào tìm?
Con mèo…ngủ gật lim dim
quên đông 
rét lạnh 
tự êm ấm mình
Tôi ngồi khóc suốt bình minh
nắng sang
gió đến
…tôi quên con mèo!!!
Hương Cỏ May
(bài thơ viết tặng…con mèo🥰
bẻ lái gấp quá đến quên cả vần😅)

alone I consoled myself 
the breeze giddy
the sun playful
where could it be?
the cat… nodding off in a corner somewhere
ignoring the winter
the chill
consoled by its own warmth
I sat crying through the sunrise
through the everyday light
welcomed the breeze
… I forgot about the cat!!!

Hương cỏ may, the poet lives in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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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  1. nedhamson avatar
    nedhamson

    Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.

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  2. sircharlesthepoet avatar
    sircharlesthepoet

    Cats are easy to forget about tbh. I think that’s their specialty

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  3. Dracul Van Helsing avatar
    Dracul Van Helsing

    The cat probably didn’t like being forgotten knowing cats as I do.

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    1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar
      Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

      heheh, yeah, they are like little humans, just better. :))

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      1. Dracul Van Helsing avatar
        Dracul Van Helsing

        Yes, they think they’re purr-fect 😸.

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      2. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar
        Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

        Ha ha 😂

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  4. christinenovalarue avatar
    christinenovalarue

    💗🐈

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    1. Dracul Van Helsing avatar
      Dracul Van Helsing

      I 💗 🐈 too, Christine. 🙂

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  5. In the Shadow of my Pen avatar
    In the Shadow of my Pen

    Naughty cat 😂💖

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    1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar
      Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

      Aren’t cats adorable Maggie 🥰

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      1. In the Shadow of my Pen avatar
        In the Shadow of my Pen

        Yes they are 🥰

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  6. vermavkv avatar
    vermavkv

    Hello, naughty cat.😊😊

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    1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar
      Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

      ❤

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