( Cordially offered to my
compatriots actuallysettling overseas )
* The time goes too
quickly.
Twelve months that have just been existing recently
Already become something of the Past,
Leaving behind for this globe lots of memories.
* People of the Earth
have gone through so many events
Occurring on two ways : good and bad,
Human beings, properties were spent
For purposes worth to be sad,
Blood and tears have made large rivers.
At the same time, uncountable victories
Have been realized with dignity.
* Sitting alone at quiet
midnight,
With all my heart, I’m thinking about my resident
country,
To my native one beyond the Pacific Ocean,
With so many unforgettable memories,
To others, suffering great miseries:
Wars, disasters, suppressions and poverties
* I had spent most of
my life
For the struggles of people’s Freedom, Democracy,
Happiness,
Being detained in various kinds of prisons.
So, I’ve found identified heroes
Who fought bravely much more than I did.
Now, over seventy-four years of living,
I’m still nurturing a wish :
Peace, Prosperity, Freedom will come
To all people in this world in Blissfulness.
San Diego, California
Phan Duc Minh
( Member of the International Society of
Poets )
Phoûng dòch:
Nguyeän
Öôùc Naêm Nhaâm Ngoï
( Meán taëng ñoàng
baøo cuaû toâi hieän ñang ñònh
cö nôi haûi ngoaïi )
Thôøi gian troâi, mau quaù
töïa maây bay,
Möôøi hai thaùng, cöù
ngôõ nhö laø môùi ñaây,
Baây giôø thaám thoaét
ñaõ thaønh dó vaõng,
Boû laïi ñaèng sau
daáu veát thaùng ngaøy.
*
Loaøi ngöôøi traûi
qua bieát bao bieán coá
Toát ñeïp cuõng nhieàu,
xaáu xa cuõng coù,
Ngöôøi cheát, nhaø
tan, trí nhôù ngaäp ñaày,
Cho nhöõng ñöôøng
ñi…nghó thaáy buoàn thay.
Nöôùc maét, maùu
xöông soâng nuùi cao daày.
Song cuõng thaät nhieàu thaønh
coâng vó ñaïi,
Saùng danh nhaân loaïi treân
traùi ñaát naøy.
*
Ñeâm muoän moät mình,
tröôùc maùy ngoài ñaây
Taâm hoàn suy nghó veà
ñaát nöôùc naøy,
Nghó ñeán Coá Höông,
mòt muø xa thaúm,
Vôùi nhieàu kyû nieäm
bieát bao ñaèm thaém,
Ñeán nhöõng vuøng
ñaát khoå ñau chìm ñaém
:
Chieán tranh, aùp böùc,
ñoùi khoå ñoïa ñaày.
*
Toâi ñaõ ñi qua phaàn
lôùn cuoäc ñôøi,
Trong nhieàu cuoäc chieán,
giam giöõ nhieàu nôi,
Öôùc mô Töï
Do, Haïnh Phuùc khoâng thoâi.
Gian khoå, vinh quang, cho thaáy
ñieàu naøy:
Nhieàu göông duõng
caûm, thaät ñaùng phuïc thay !
Baåy möôi tö naêm
leû ñöôïc soáng laøm ngöôøi,
Loøng toâi mong öôùc
maõi maõi khoâng thoâi:
Hoaø Bình, Thònh Vöôïng,
Töï Do seõ ñeán
Vôùi heát moiï ngöôøi
soáng treân traùi ñaát ,
Trong ñoù coù caû
ñoàng baøo yeâu quyù cuaû toâi.
San Diego, California
Phaïm Ngoïc Nhieãm
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