THE WRITERS POST (ISSN: 1527-5467) the magazine of Literature & Literature-in-translation. VOLUME 8 NUMBER 1 JAN 2006

NGUYEN SAO MAI __________________________________________ two poems by NGUYEN SAO MAI translated by the author rain in the mountain dwelling on her memory, the forest in reverie, the spirits of ones of hundred years ago were now heard coming close the drying, dying stream dated water of a full moon night for the rocks might clap its hands amidst the flow in wild dance. where could it be O schoolgirl in thee white dress where’s now my soul in the lee of the dress where it used to be? MƯA Lẫn trong núi nhớ rừng mê Người trăm năm cũ hồn nghe đã gần Suối khô hẹn nước đêm rằm Vỗ tay đá cuội giữa giòng cuồng lưu. … Ở ĐÂU Hỡi cô áo trắng học trò Hồn ta trên áo bây giờ ở đâu? … (the original was published in Song-van [ISSN: 1089-8123], So Ra Mat- Premier Issue, 1996; under the pseudonym of Hoàng phương Đông) The Writers Post the magazine of literature & literature-in-translation, founded 1999, based in the US. VOLUME 8 ISSUE 1 JAN 2006 Editorial note: Works published in this issue are simultaneously published in the printed Wordbridge magazine (ISSN: 1540-1723). Copyright © Nguyen Sao Mai 2006. Nothing in this magazine may be downloaded, distributed, or reproduced without the permission of the author/ translator/ artist/ The Writers Post/ and Wordbridge magazine. Creating links to place The Writers Post or any of its pages within other framesets or in other documents is copyright violation, and is not permitted. Return to Contents HOME