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Dusk

A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-AnhTra
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Bùi Kim-Anh (source: The poet’s social media page)

A stroll around the lake

the lake silent 

boundless

.

Leaves glistening teardrops

blooms are hidden waiting

the light reflection of the Sun

.

Rosy the hues of dusk

a bottomless lake

to farewell this day the Sun in such haste

.

(April 2020)

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CHIỀU 

.

Ta đi dạo quanh hồ 

mặt hồ lặng im 

bờ hồ như vô bờ 

.

Những chiếc lá long lanh ngấn lệ 

những bông hoa náu mình chờ

mặt trời soi làn nước hồ chiều 

.

Hừng lên màu hoàng hôn 

đáy hồ như vô đáy

vội vã mặt trời từ giã ngày 

Bùi Kim Anh, the poet born in 1948 in Thái Bình, graduated from Hanoi Teacher College, a teacher at a few high schools 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 in 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.

March’s full moon

A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Bùi Kim-Anh (source: The poet’s social media page)

there’s no bad intent

a late bloomer 

a belated love

blatantly obvious 

but silent

/

there’s no chance of ever being

side by side tonight

the moon hid behind the clouds

Hanoi wrapped in sunny showers 

there’s no place for a moon

oh infatuated moon 

do you not have a single word for this flower in bloom

on the eve of your full moon

/

the poem is too late

tea cold

flower unaware

hence the displaced

regret

—–

April 2022

—

RẰM THÁNG BA

–

có trách gì nhau đâu

một đóa hoa nở muộn

một tình yêu đến muộn

lặng lẽ thôi

biết rồi

/

có được ngồi với nhau đâu 

đêm nay rằm

trăng luẩn quất trong mây

Hà Nội ngày tháng giao mưa nắng

trăng về đâu

vầng trăng say đắm

sao không hẹn lời cho hoa nở 

lúc đêm rằm 

/

thơ đến muộn

chén trà muộn 

hoa vô tình

ta tiếc nuối 

không đâu 

Bùi Kim Anh, the poet born in 1948 in Thái Bình, graduated from Hanoi Teacher College, a teacher at a few high schools 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 in 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.

An afternoon at the end of 2020

A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Bùi Kim-Anh (source: the poet’s social media page)

now I’m weaker

left is the first enthusiastic verse 

shy of such challenges in my youth

deliberation alone in my twilight years

.

literature is like a love affair

an attachment that could never be severed

I’m resigned to write for myself

if it sounds great, let’s hope someone picks it up

.

settling on a dream of meditation

stumbling on a rocky path or side trip

gone were the thoughts by the monks in the temple 

a life of servitude pushed aside by carnal love

.

winter days overwhelmed by glaring sunlight

I’m resigned to wait for a change, in the new year a kinder wind

my hair reflective in a fainter hue

I had never thought that a strand of hair 

could be so sad.

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December 2020

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CHIỀU CUỐI NĂM 2020

.

ta giờ sức đã kém hơn

chỉ câu thơ vẫn sớm hôm miệt mài

lúc trẻ chẳng dám đua tài

già rồi ta cứ khoan thai một mình

.

văn chương như một cuộc tình

bỏ không dứt vương rối tinh mảnh đời

ta ngồi viết cho ta thôi

câu nào nghe được xin người nhặt lên

.

díu dan một giấc mộng thiền

dẫm vào sỏi đá ngỡ miền viễn du

tính lên chùa ở với sư

lòng yêu mang nặng kiếp tu chẳng thành

.

ngày đông trời hửng nắng hanh

ta ngồi đợi ngọn gió lành năm sau

soi gương tóc đã ngả màu

trước ta tưởng sợi tóc đâu biết buồn

Bùi Kim Anh, the poet born in 1948 in Thái Bình, graduated from Hanoi Teacher College, a teacher at a few high schools 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 in 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.

Dalat station

A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Bùi Kim-Anh (souce: the poet’s social media page)

An old train

like a childhood dream

Every door is locked

.

The poet

on a virtual vessel

a lonely intangible tickle

(no one sells anymore)

.

November 2020

GA ĐÀ LẠT

.

Con tàu cũ

như ước mơ tuổi thơ

Mọi cánh cửa đều khoá

.

Kẻ làm thơ

đi trên con tàu ảo

tấm vé cô đơn cũng vô hình

(không còn ai bán)

Bùi Kim Anh, the poet born in 1948 in Thái Bình, graduated from Hanoi Teacher College, a teacher at a few high schools 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 in 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.

Sunday, May 2021

A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

(source: the poet’s social media page)

days locked up in the public garden

shrubs and trees silent

empty footpaths yearning for the clatter of feet

.

a small dog perched watching

I’m inside looking out 

as the days passed by

.

I’m old so be told

time has turned its back on me

but next to me 

there is always poetry

.

May 2021

—

CHỦ NHẬT 30/5

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công viên những ngày khoá lại 

cỏ cây im lìm như ngủ 

lối không người qua nhìn thèm

.

con chó nhỏ nằm trên sân nhỏ nhìn ra 

ta ngồi trong nhà nhìn ra 

mỗi ngày như thế trôi qua

.

ta đã là người già 

thời gian ngoảnh mặt với ta 

chỉ có thơ mãi ở lại

.

#bka21

Bùi Kim Anh, the poet born in 1948 in Thái Bình, graduated from Hanoi Teacher College, a teacher at a few high schools 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 in 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.

Rain

A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Bùi Kim-Anh (source: the poet’s social media page)

RAIN

.

oh the rain

each small drop

each rhythmic spatter on the tin roof

.

oh the white

each white strands of hair

bursts of silver in each curl

what could ever hold back time

.

November 2020

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MƯA

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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.

Err is the season

Bùi Kim-Anh (source: the poet’s social media page)

A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

ERR IS THE SEASON

.

Written for no one

Yet still baffled so

Written for sundowns

Sunset absent towns

.

Err is the season

Err is the wilted rose

Froze in a draw cold

Sold to those that love

.

A rendezvous nil

That aeon ago

And now still thus so

An ode without love

.

Written for sundown

Dropped two words abiding

Gone are sentiments

As time hangs passes by

.

August 2020

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HÌNH NHƯ MÙA ĐÃ LỠ

.

có viết cho ai đâu

mà bâng khuâng tệ thế

viết cho những buổi chiều

không hoàng hôn trên phố

.

hình như mùa đã lỡ

hình như hoa hồng ủ

lạnh đông trong ngăn tủ

bán cho người yêu nhau

.

đã bao giờ hẹn đâu

từ ngày xưa xa ấy

và bây giờ cũng vậy

câu thơ không tình yêu

.

viết cho những buổi chiều

quên hai chữ chờ đợi

rơi đâu rồi cảm xúc

lững lờ thời gian trôi

Bùi Kim Anh, the poet born in 1948 in Thái Bình, graduated from Hanoi Teacher College, a teacher at a few high schools 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 in 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.

The cold wind

A poem in Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Bùi Kim-Anh (source: the poet’s social media page)

the cold wind delivered us

stayed 

echoed by the hot coffee in an alley at the old quarter 

the narrow stairs seemingly perched in the air

the seatings vagrant

eerie 

vehicles chewing up the moments

a familiarity

touched upon 

the memories of an old Hanoi

.

December 2020

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GIÓ LẠNH

.

gió lạnh đưa ta đến đây 

trú ngụ 

cafe nóng sâu ngõ nhà phố cổ 

cầu thang hẹp như treo 

góc ngồi lãng du

góc ngồi ma mị 

những chiếc xe rỉ nát thời gian 

quen cũ 

chạm vào nhớ 

Hà Nội dáng xưa

Bùi Kim Anh, the poet born in 1948 in Thái Bình, graduated from Hanoi Teacher College, a teacher at a few high schools 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 in 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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