A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

your soul is imprisoned
somewhere
waiting
for you to turn around
and smile

không phải bạn mất tích

linh hồn bạn bị giam cầm
nằm đâu đó
vẫn chờ
bạn nở nụ cười
và quay lại…

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DECEMBER 2019

Con Dao, Vietnam. Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the poet and translator born in 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands and a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.

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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DAP

Dec 4, 2022

Beautiful!

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1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
  
  Dec 4, 2022
  
  Thank you. Blessings to you from a glorious sunny morning in Sydney.
  
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DAP

Dec 4, 2022

You are welcome! And many blessings to you from a cold, windy, dark Saturday evening in Canton, Ohio, USA. ❤

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1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
  
  Dec 4, 2022
  
  ❤
  
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syl65

Apr 28, 2023

Wonderful 😊

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1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
  
  Apr 28, 2023
  
  Thank you, have a wonderful weekend yeah 😊
  
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  1. syl65
    
    Apr 28, 2023
    
    You’re welcome and wishing you the same, thank you ☺️
    
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  2. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
    
    Apr 28, 2023
    
    ❤
    
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.Killa.

Oct 13, 2023

The poem is sweet and the photo is too cute 💕💕; it looks like you are waking on water 💟😹

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1. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
  
  Oct 14, 2023
  
  Yes well, I’m not quite the messiah, and I do not intend to make such magical feat of Christianity. I can barely float as it is LOL
  
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.Killa.

Oct 14, 2023

Hahaha, there iz no need to worry about the “technicalities” when you just so effortlessly “look” the part 👌💯😂. It is clear that GOD made you this way for reason 😁😆

Terrific photo 🖼, great poem 📜✒; you are the queen of combos 👍😃💙

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