thơ Hồ Chí Minh
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm dịch
The whole body covered in rich brocades of pinks and reds in six colours
Itchy itches scratching strike a tune
All VIPs covered in rich brocades
Strumming in harmony are cell mates or more so soulmates I say
Lại sang
Mãn thân hồng lục như xuyên cẩm
Thành nhật lao tao tự cổ cầm
Xuyên cẩm tù trung đô quý khách
Cổ cầm nạn hữu tận tri âm
Hồ Chí Minh [1890-1969] Bác Hồ, Uncle Ho, the poet was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 until his death in 1969, and as its first prime minister from 1945 to 1955.
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.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm 