A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Văn Thiện
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
I am a dream
You are what has been forgotten
Name of a white flower
Source of infinite humanity
Tên tôi là mộng ảo
Tên em là lãng quên
Tên của loài hoa trắng
Là cõi người vô biên.

Nguyễn Văn Thiện
Born: 1975
Home town: Anh Sơn – Nghệ An
Master in Comparative Literature and Critical Theories
Currently a high school teacher, and a prolific writer.
Editor of Chư Yang Sin (Đắk Lắk) Art and Literary Journal.
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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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