THE WRITERS POST

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

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 2

JUL 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 GYANG ANH IEN

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QUESTION

 

Translated by Do Vinh

 

 

 

Two women sitting still

weaving nets ask each other

about a thing called

fate.  “Is it true

 

that death is decided

in heaven?”  The first was woman                   

looked to the sea, where

the tsunami was moving

 

at the speed of a jet

plane that had just flown by

to some unknown destination

across the sky with

 

two women below

sitting still weaving nets

asking each other about

a thing called fate.

 

“No way, for example,           

if a thousand people at a

time could die of earthquake,

flood, or fire,                        

 

then their fate

could not be all the

same?” The second was woman         

smiled, and looked out to the            

 

sea where the tsunami

was moving quietly,              

deep in the ocean                 

at a high speed faster than    

 

the two women who were

sitting still weaving nets

asking each other

about a thing called

 

fate.

 

TRANSLATED BY DO VINH

 

 

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VOLUME 7 ISSUE 2 JULY 2005

 

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