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In someone else’s shoes | Nguyễn Lãm Thắng

A poem for kids in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Lãm Thắng
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Khanh & MInh. Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Tiny tiny feet
Learning how to walk
In papa’s shoes
Dragging each foot

Though you’re tripping
You’re laughing
Because you love
Being in papa’s shoes.
—
May 2023

Đi giày



Đôi chân bé xíu
Mới chập chửng thôi
Xỏ vào giày bố
Vừa đi vừa lôi

Vấp chân, bé ngã
Không khóc, bé cười
Vì bé ưa thích
Làm người lớn thôi.

Nguyễn Lãm Thắng

Born August 14th, 1973, writes under many pseudonyms: Nguyễn Lãm Thắng, Lam Thuỵ, Trà Thị Kim Xuyến and as a children’s author: Nguyễn Trần Bảo Nghi, Du Lãm, Nhật Quang, Nguyễn Trần Khải Tú…

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.

3 responses

  1. sircharlesthepoet avatar
    sircharlesthepoet

    Haha this reminds me of my baby cousins wearing my sandals that are so huge on their feet haha

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    1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm avatar
      Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

      Exactly that, but it is about growing up, about empathy, learning to be empathetic.. I am truly enjoying these kids poems

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      1. sircharlesthepoet avatar
        sircharlesthepoet

        I am too!!

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