Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.
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 Lê Vĩnh Tài, translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
don’t make a fuss
poetry is the blood gushing
through the four valves of the heart
an inaudible quivering purr…
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đừng gầm gừ
thơ như máu chảy qua các van tim
tạo nên một âm thanh run nhẹ
tới mức không ai nghe…
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