Tag: vungocgiao

Drinking alone | Vũ Ngọc Giao

A poem in Vietnamese by Vũ Ngọc Giao
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Published on Gobblers & Masticadores Espana

Vũ Ngọc Giao (source: the poet social media page)

*with my other namesakes

.

I’m sitting side by I

in the echoes of a crackling waterfall

spilling into dusk

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there in a staggering moment

the saddest of birdsong

the tweets of a lifetime !

.

December 2020

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UỐNG RƯỢU MỘT MÌNH

* với Vũ Hồ Như

.

ta về ngồi lại cùng ta

vọng âm thác lở

tràn qua cung chiều

.

thấy trong lạng quạng hắt hiu

con chim nào hót buồn thiu 

một đời !

Vũ Ngọc Giao, the Vietnamese musician and poet born 1951, My Tho. A former student Petrus Ký Sài Gòn (1961 – 1968), an alumnus of the Faculty of Philosophy, the University of Literature Saigon (1968 – 1970), he is the founder of Phu Nhuan Guitar Club, Saigon. His poetry is published on many literary websites. A few familiar songs: Looking back at my life, The man with sad eyes (a poem by Đỗ Trung Quân), His return on a rainy night, The July rain…

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 stallion itching for the road | Vũ Ngọc Giao

A poem in Vietnamese by Vũ Ngọc Giao
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Vũ Ngọc Giao (source: the poet’s social media page)

heels tapping
a stallion itching for the road
the trees, silent . drooping shadows 
watchful of the alleyways , late in the dark ..

the sudden overwhelming ascending fog 
a disjointed song
slipping from someone’s lips

the horizon lopsided
We’re drunk to the last drop
a life off-kilter

lashes lifted, eyeful of stars
the night wide open
the scent of a breeze

heels tapping
a stallion in earnest for the road
the shadows, silent . the drooping trees
the deserted road , abandoned ..

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March 2021

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GÕ CHÂN NGỰA PHỐ

* với Ngô Đình Hải

.

gõ chân
ngựa muốn lên đường
cây im . bóng rũ
ngó phường phố , khuya ..

sương rơi bất chợt đầm đìa
lan man khúc hát
chực lìa khỏi môi

ta say nghiêng ngửa đất trời
nâng ly nốc cạn
một đời lao đao

ngẩng lên mắt chợt đầy sao
đêm mênh mang
cánh gió nào ngát hương

gõ chân
ngựa nhớ phố phường
bóng im . cây rũ
con đường vắng , thênh ..

Vũ Ngọc Giao, the Vietnamese musician and poet born 1951, My Tho. A former student Petrus Ký Sài Gòn (1961 – 1968), an alumnus of the Faculty of Philosophy, the University of Literature Saigon (1968 – 1970), he is the founder of Phu Nhuan Guitar Club, Saigon. His poetry is published on many literary websites. A few familiar songs: Looking back at my life, The man with sad eyes (a poem by Đỗ Trung Quân), His return on a rainy night, The July rain…

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 quiet word with the sea | Vũ Ngọc Giao

A poem in Vietnamese by Vũ Ngọc Giao
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Art: Đinh Trường Chinh

trăng chiều by Đinh Trường Chinh

night ,

the sun is fast asleep the way my love has been turned off

wishes nodding off

and , I left – without a word of goodbye

in the salty domain of the sea and the sound deep call (of the ocean)

bring back not the waves of longing

–

you are my love , like the highlands’ morning mist

hence , I could never reveal , how I feel (in this lifetime)

( though it may be words of love )

this love – I will, safeguard it alone

( the way I’ve safeguard the sadness of my childhood )

with not a word of regret

–

night ,

night unrelenting in love

night sighing along with my hands

not once with regret

( the way ) I have not once held your hand

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June 2022

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NHỦ THẦM VỚI BIỂN 

–

đêm ,

mặt trời ngủ yên như tình yêu anh tắt

những nguyện ước gục đầu

và , anh lại ra đi – không lời từ giã

vùng biển mặn và tiếng nói ( đại dương ) sâu thẳm

xin đừng khơi lại thương nhớ 

–

em , như mù sương buổi sáng cao nguyên

nên , anh cũng trọn đời không bày tỏ

( dù là tiếng yêu em )

tình yêu này – anh , một mình gìn giữ

( như đã gìn giữ những mùa đau buồn của tuổi nhỏ )

mà , không lời thầm nuối

–

đêm ,

đêm thương nhớ khôn nguôi

anh thở dài cùng hai bàn tay

chưa bao giờ hối tiếc

( cũng như ) chưa một lần nắm lấy tay em

Vũ Ngọc Giao, the Vietnamese musician and poet born 1951, My Tho. A former student Petrus Ký Sài Gòn (1961 – 1968), an alumnus of the Faculty of Philosophy, the University of Literature Saigon (1968 – 1970), he is the founder of Phu Nhuan Guitar Club, Saigon. His poetry is published on many literary websites. A few familiar songs: Looking back at my life, The man with sad eyes (a poem by Đỗ Trung Quân), His return on a rainy night, The July rain…

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.

VŨ NGỌC GIAO

In Vietnamese by Vũ Ngọc Giao
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Vũ Ngọc Giao, the Vietnamese musician, and poet born in 1951, My Tho. A former student Petrus Ký Sài Gòn (1961 – 1968), an alumnus of the Faculty of Philosophy, the University of Literature Saigon (1968 – 1970), he is the founder of Phu Nhuan Guitar Club, Saigon. His poetry is published on many literary websites. A few familiar songs: Looking back at my life, The man with sad eyes (a poem by Đỗ Trung Quân), His return on a rainy night, The July rain…

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.