By Nguyễn Đức Sơn , translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
To me
Girls, you see
They’ll sit and pee
On The World to then
Never be seen again
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April 2022
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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
Girls, you see
They’ll sit and pee
On The World to then
Never be seen again
—–
April 2022
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Con gái
Ngồi đái
Trên Trái Đất
Rồi đi đâu mất