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FOR ME, I WRITE | Bùi Kim-Anh

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm in Phuket, Thailand

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

I’m alive somewhere inside
I want to lose myself in an adventure, I want to escape

the walls stuffed with poetry
to dream beyond the worries

be the embodiment of summer afternoons
an impassioned wanderer

love till it hurts
float away with the cloud till it’s too late

capture another lifetime
take for myself the world alone into poetry

VIẾT CHO MÌNH

tôi sống quanh quẩn trong tôi
muốn bứt ra hóng gió trời ngẩn ngơ

bức tường bưng bít câu thơ
lo toan ngăn lối ước mơ đi về

một tôi của niềm say mê
một tôi của những chiều hè lang thang

muốn trôi theo đám mây ngàn
muốn yêu cho đến lỡ làng thì thôi

muốn thay một kiếp con người
bực mình muốn bứng cả trời vào thơ

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 | Bùi Kim-Anh

Bùi Kim-Anh

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

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 vagrant seating
eerie 
vehicles chewing up the moments
a familiarity
touched upon 
the memories of an old Hanoi

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.

A conversation with age | Bùi Kim Anh

Bùi Kim Anh

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

sleepless nights sleepless mornings
that’s age
age and its irregular memories
a constant grapple with far and gone

age can’t be covered with a layer of makeup
age can’t be hidden behind a pair of sunglasses
the beauty of age I’ve experienced
are smiles on familiar lines and creases

why sigh with regret
when surrounded are growing grandchildren
why must self be consoled
live content with each natural day

night of little sleep replace the days to come
only small meals then more meals in the day
for yourself live since how much left is time
rain sunlight in abundant why the constant fret

March 2019
_____

CHUYỆN VỚI CÁI GIÀ



đêm khó ngủ và sáng cần ngủ lại
đấy là tuổi già
cái tuổi già thất thường với nhớ quên
cứ vận vào những điều xa xôi lắm

không thể phủ lên cái già bằng lớp phấn son
không thể che lấp cái già bằng cặp kính đen
vẻ đẹp già nua từng trải
phơi nụ cười trên nhăn nhúm đã quen

sao phải thở dài tiếc nuối
khi bên ta con cháu lớn lên
sao phải tự mình an ủi
bình thản mỗi ngày tự nhiên

đêm ít ngủ thì sáng mai bù lại
bữa ít cơm thì nhiều bữa trong ngày
sống cho mình thời gian bao nhiêu nữa
mưa nắng nhiều cần chi mãi lo toan

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.

BÙI KIM-ANH

A sketch of Bùi Kim-Anh by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

In Vietnamese by Bùi Kim-Anh
Translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

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 | Bùi Kim-Anh

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 by my side 
there is always poetry

CHỦ NHẬT 30/5


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.

March’s full moon | Bùi Kim-Anh

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 
and silent

there’s no chance of ever being
by each other side tonight
the moon hid behind the clouds
Hanoi diffused with sunny showers 
there’s no place for a moon
oh infatuated moon 
do you not have a single word for this flower
fully bloomed
on the eve of your full moon

too late for a poem
the tea is now cold
the flower unaware
the regret
out of place

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.

How could a leaf possibly be so | Bùi Kim-Anh

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

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

countable leaves
rustling on the pavement
rows of naked trees reaching for the sky
as I try to leave a piece of me

merge with the surround
with the tree counting every heartbeat
the quiet notes as light
and as soft as the minutes

changing moments
spring leaves
as it all slows down
whispers of caution

wait for the impending fall of the last leaf
crackling opening of new green buds
strolling slowly along
a leaf could possibly be so…

LẼ NÀO CHIẾC LÁ


ở nơi này đếm được lá rơi
giai điệu xạc xào khô cong lăn trên đường lát đá
hàng cây phơi khung trần trụi phác lên trời
tôi thêm một nét tôi đi bên cạnh

hoà vào không gian
đứng dựa vào cây đếm nhịp tim chờ đợi
nhẹ như hơi thở phút giây
những nốt lặng

chuyển gam đời mới
lá mùa xuân
ở nơi chậm lại
nghe được tiếng thì thầm mách bảo

đợt lá rơi cuối cùng của mùa cây
tiếng nứt vỏ cho mầm xanh non nhú
chậm lại đi
lẽ nào chiếc lá …

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.

Err is the season | Bùi Kim-Anh

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

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

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

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.