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Lê Vĩnh Tài | no. 17:2 – the heart of the people

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.

Tet 2022 by Đinh Trường Chinh

By Lê Vĩnh Tài, translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

the heart of the people

fading

gradually

.

in time

falls

into clouds

a cover for a giant wrestler

resting

even afterlife

liberating sparrows

_____

lòng dân

dần long

ra

. 

theo thời gian

rơi xuống

thành đám mây

che cho một đô vật khổng lồ

nghỉ ngơi

sau cả đời

giải phóng những con chim sẻ…

By Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

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

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