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Lê Vĩnh Tài | as a poet (235)

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.

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By Lê Vĩnh Tài, translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm 

as a poet

you’re thief

and the vernacular isn’t what you steal

.

you steal the hearts

of those who happened to read

you

_____

là nhà thơ

bạn chính là kẻ trộm

nhưng bạn không đánh cắp ngôn ngữ

.

bạn chỉ đánh cắp trái tim

của những người đã lỡ đọc

bạn…

_____

JANUARY 2021

By Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

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

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