THE WRITERS POST

(ISSN: 1527-5467)
the magazine of Literature & Literature-in-translation.

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 1

JAN 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     THANH THANH

                       ___________________________

                         The humane hearts

 

         

                             After poetess Ngoc-An's inspiration

           

                 From a far-away hardship-ridden country,

                 A war-ravaged native land sunk in welter,

                 My people, trying to survive troubled times,

                 Swallowed resentment to flee and seek shelter.

 

                 How many cities there are on the globe,

                 My Vietnamese compatriots are in most present;

                 Even on the snow-covered high mountain areas,

                 We, as refugees, willingly accepted, pleasant.

 

                 Twenty seven years adrift in this new country,

                 Many have luckily succeeded getting homes to own,

                 Creating positions and fame worthy of being Viet,

                 Though some with their old state into perils thrown.

 

                 Twenty seven years, so much favor and felicity!

                 The US, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, so on

                 Have so far helped our folks in their lives with

                 Physical and intellectual comforts to build upon.

 

                 As for me... ten years in this foreign land

                 I have witnessed freedoms, press, human rights,

                 Civilization, modernization everywhere

                 As hard working, hard studying lead to heights.

 

                 Thank you for all of your humane hearts

                 With my genuine rhymes of inmost laudation.

                 We Vietnamese communities pledge devotion

                 To lifetime service to every resettlement nation...

 

                                      THANH-THANH

 

 

 

· THE WRITERS POST (ISSN: 1527-5467),
the magazine of Literature & Literature-in-translation.

         Volume 5- Issue 1- January 2003

 

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