Le Gia Hoai
Born in 1977 in Vinh Phuc province, poet Le Gia Hoai is member of the Literature and Arts Association of Vinh Phuc Province, and working for it. He has published many poems, essays in local and state literature newspapers and magazines. He has won a lot of literature awards.
AUTUMN WAITING
You might not be back in time
When autumn gracefully arrives
I would be by the quiet river
Saying goodbye to summer sky
Autumn has a couple of messages
Sending all the way to you
Like a melody of a broken heart
Singing you a song of goodnight
Sending you some sun drops
Yellow on the roof in town
Trembled by falling leaves
The night dream with footprints
Sending you color of daisy
Delicate on familiar footpath
Milkwood pine dangling
An afternoon without naming
Sending you endless waves
In the rising tidal breeze
Soft sand is caressed by sea
Calling your name for days
Being in a distance
Do you know of a reason?
When autumn softly breathe
Waiting for you with its wreath
***
ONCE UPON A TIME
Once you were a bit gloomy
The wind changing for winter
My shirt was covered in mud
It’s freezing all over the field
Once you were crying
It started to rain
My hair fair from sunburnt
Lightning across from above
You are now a married woman
Away from a long distance
Our fun memory has gone
I couldn’t be there to comfort
Our first love fading away
Tears of the past we save
Do you cry sometimes?
Counting sad drops in a rhyme!
***
MY EYES
The sea is calm with no waves
As flat as a carpet of sky
The day you’re back to the sea
Waves rising from your eyes
The forest is calm with no wind
Only trees and leaves in silence
You happen to glance at mountain
Forest is stirred by furious storm
There is no sunlight at all
Only clouds drifting ignorantly
You gaze towards the universe
Gentle sunlight drops its silk
My soul is desolate and barren
Loneliness filled this transient world
Only glancing at me in half
You teach my heart how to yearn
***
THE COLOR OF NEW SPRING
A peaceful blue sky
Full of sentimental memory
Peach blossom blooming
Spring has already been here
Look at a yellow apricot
Its fragrance in the alley
Urging the village children
Welcoming spring to their door
The street corner in bloom
On the tree of youthfulness
Calling our soul and heart
Back to the yearning town
Look at the dancing sunlight
On my mother’s garden
A feeling of butterfly touch
Love the color of new spring
***
COLOR AUTUMN
The day I wore a silk shirt
In the damned sunny afternoon
Autumn colors on each leaf
Pouring gold on the street roof
Hope the day doesn’t go too fast
Do not erase the footprints
On my way back to the station to wait
Rainy cold wet sunset
Don’t bring any memories
Fading since the end
Let the hundred-year song speak
Full of fragrance on good lips
I keep dreaming about it
A place full of children’s songs
Leave me alone with nostalgia
Hide yourself in your dreams!
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(Translated into English by Vo Thi Nhu Mai)
