Nguyen Thi Lan Thanh
Born on 5th May 1945 in Phung Nguyen commune, Lam Thao distr, Phu Tho province, Vietnam, Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Thanh is the Member of Phu Tho province’s Literature and Art Union as well as the Member of Vietnam Writers’ Association. She is Teacher of Literature and has published 13 poetry books. She has won 5 local and Vietnam Writers’ Association literary awards.
PHANTASMAGORIC *SAPA
The villages are immersed in the valley,
Fog and wind hover calmly in the darkness,
Arrived at the summit of the vertiginous mountain,
I feel that I am really a friend of the high clouds!
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LITTLE DREAM
I waited for you, all my youth,
Now it’s just incense smoke… nothing more!
Fifty years I waited for the impossible to come
A promise you make to me: You will cross the bridge to receive me!
I’ve regretted what I’ve had, I’ve also regretted what I never had,
Looking at the deep night, I only see the stars and the moon in tears,
My hair, now strewn with salt, tinged with dew,
Alone, I am always amazed by the countless memories that have connected us both in the past!
I wish I could become rays of sunshine along the dike road,
And keep the remaining warm vitality, before going to the sunset of my fate!
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*Sapa – A town in Vietnam
Translated into English by Bang Viet
