Nguyễn Đức Sơn, the Vietnamese poet was born on November 18, 1937 in Du Khanh village, Thanh Hai district, Ninh Thuan province, originally from Thua Thien Hue. He began writing poetry very early with the pen name Sao Trên Rừng, and other pen names like Sơn Núi. On the morning of June 11, 2020
passed away at the age of 83.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, activist, poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.
By Nguyễn Đức Sơn , translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
babe, I will come unannounced
dry mouth and the point of ecstasy farfetched
a night in the bushes in the foetal position
you’ve yet peed and my spirit was already wet
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April 2022
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anh sẽ đến bất ngờ ai biết trước
miệng khô rồi nẻo cực lạc xa xôi
ôi một đêm bụi cỏ dáng thu người
em chưa đái mà hồn anh đã ướt
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(in trong tập “Đêm nguyệt động”)
source thivien.net
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