A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
rain
each small drop
each rhythmic spatter on the tin roof
white
each white hair
each curl
each burst of silver
time
could it ever be
tided up
MƯA
kìa mưa
từng giọt nhỏ
mái tôn thủng gõ nhịp rời
kìa trắng
từng sợi trắng
bạc òa trên mái tóc
có gì cột thời gian được đâu
Bùi Kim Anh, the poet born 1948 in Thái Bình, graduated from Hanoi Teacher College, a teacher at a few high school in Hanoi(Cổ Loa, Bạch Mai, Trần Phú). She is a member of the Vietnam Writers Association . Bùi Kim Anh together with her journalist husband Trần Mai Hạnh currently lives on Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Hanoi with their eldest daughter and grandchildren, including Thiện Nhân, from Mount Thành, Quảng Nam, abandoned by his mother and adopted by Trần Mai Anh, the poet’s daughter.
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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