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Nguyễn Đức Sơn | At the precipice of nothingness (11)

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.

creative art 2019 by Nguyễn Tấn Vĩ

By Nguyễn Đức Sơn , translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

At the precipice of nothingness

A starry night in the trees

In a race to fall upon humanity

A celebration of trees and spirit

On the verge like tears were the boundless dreams

A golden age a river of dream a sky full of poetry

I am a man upon my death at the precipice of nothingness.

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April 2022

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Trên bờ hư không

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Lớn lên tôi chết trên bờ hư không.

Thơ Nguyễn Đức Sơn 

By Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

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

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