forget about the lost causes, I must
return to the bargain at hand before I die
– Love dear! I call you home
Home dear I say! Love you are my home
now all this banter back and forth
you love stay I’ll go
I beg your pardon: – stay why
if you go I’ll go with you
I am your wife
VỀ BUÔN BÁN
Giã từ cõi mộng điêu linh
Tôi về buôn bán với mình phôi pha
– Mình ơi! tôi gọi bằng nhà
Nhà ơi! tôi gọi mình là nhà tôi
Bây giờ xuôi ngược đôi nơi
Thôi mình ở lại tôi dời chân đi
Thưa rằng: – ở cái quái gì
Chàng đi thiếp cũng xin đi với chàng
Bùi Giáng (1926-1998) was born in Thanh Châu, Duy Xuyên, the province of Quảng Nam, Vietnam. He passed away at Chợ Rẫy Hospital in Saigon, Vietnam. Self-taught at a late age in life. The prolific poet and translator were fluent in French, English, and Kanji. With many published translations like Hamlet by Shakespeare, The Little Prince by Saint Exupéry, Campus…
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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