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THE WRITERS POST (ISSN: 1527-5467) VOLUME 5 DOUBLE ISSUE WINTER 2003 SPRING 2004
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QUANGDUNG ( 1921- 1988 ) _______________________________ EYES OF THE GIRL FROM SON TAY
(translated by N. SAOMAI) You evacuated from Son-Tay escaping the war I’d left that city since in fighting I
took part For long we’re separated from our
village Bat-Bat In the here evening green There is nowhere in sight Ba-Vi Mountain Your
forehead reflects our homeland’s sky Your
eyes the western vague melancholy I
remembered the cloud so white over Doai
District* Have
you ever remember. Since
that autumn of the enemy’s invasion Ruins
came, oh, after ruins had come Much
of tears filled the dry coral soil If
ever tears flooded your face? Have
you ever seen my mother? Among
corpses of the old overflowing the field A
little innocent brother also I have O
many a body of dead children on rivers floating O
the eyes of the girl from Son-Tay That
reflects such grief of this evening in exile Such
haunting sadness of being strayed from distant
native soil To
ease the burden of our sorrow, let’s dream Of
a tomorrow motherland. Tears would dry On
the roads the flowers blossomed. I’m
longing for returning to Buong-Can Plains To
climb Sai-Son Mountain Beholding
yellow paddy fields. Sad
and slow Day River winding
through Quoc-Oai District Kite-flute
echoing rhyme late in the night moonlit The
day I’m seeing you again Into
flowers Peace will blossom then. Over
the war of the old time will be Will
you then sometime remember me? QUANGDUNG (1921-1988) Note: *Doai District in Son Tay
consists of 8 hamlets: Vat Lai, Mong Cu, Thu Trau, Sen Chieu, Duong Lam, Van Gia, Ngoc Nhi, Phu Nhi… · THE
WRITERS POST (ISSN: 1527-5467), VOLUME 5 DOUBLE ISSUE WINTER 2003 - SPRING 2004 Editorial
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& Spring 2004. (ISSN: 1540-1723). Copyright
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