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Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | I know little now of how to wow her (76)

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

I know little now of how to wow her,
Her world will be less of mine.

Wishing only ever to hold ,
Though letting her go is to be kind.

To watch those wings unfold,
To let her own stories will be told…

January 2016

By Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

There's magic in translating a body of work from one language to another.

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