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
Composing poetry’s no different to chopping wood
Saying it out loud might upset quite a few people
All you have to do is put on a pair of short and bend over
So if something happened to fall on you, you could simply flick it off
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April 2022
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Mần thơ ôi giống hệt bửa củi
Nhưng nói ra nhiều người sẽ tủi
Nên mặc quần đùi đứng khom lưng
Có gì rớt vô ta dễ phủi
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6 replies on “Nguyễn Đức Sơn | In my personal experience (3)”
A very creative explanation and depiction. Makes me want to laugh and feel in awe at the same time. 🙂
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NDS have such a cool character 🙂
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🙂 Nhà thơ này rất là màu sắc. Coi vậy chứ ông cũng có nhiều bài thơ dễ đọc dễ nghe.
“ôi biết ngày nao anh trở lại. Vườn xưa cây trái ngả nghiêng sầu. Anh đi trong nắng tàn hoang dại. Thấy lá sầu riêng bạc hết màu.”
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vui bạn 🙂
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Haha
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His poetry really cheers me up :))
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