(Affectionately offered to my compatriots, actually
settling overseas)
*
I remember my lovely natal country
With very foggy autumnal mornings,
Covering the roofs of small houses.
That poetic scene disappeared soon after
winter’s coming.
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I love my too distant homeland,
Having long rivers and vast plains
Where there were a lot of cattle
Coming back to quiet villages at nightfall.
*
I love ancient, pointed church towers,
Silently standing in opaque, weak moonlight.
It seems they are now much farther
From me, both of heart and sight.
*
I love ranges of serrated mountains,
At their feet, columns of white-blurring smoke
Slowly rose from thatched huts in fine rains,
Surrounding clumps of trees and upstanding
rocks.
*
I remember my beloved elementary school,
Where I was spending almost my childhood,
Learning how to write with my awkward hand
The two sacred words “ My Fatherland “.
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I love earnestly my remote Fatherland.
From the other side of the Pacific Ocean,
I’d like to have my heart sent
To my childhood memories, relatives and friends…
*
San Diego, California
Phan Duc Minh
(Member of The International Society of Poets)
Phoûng dòch:
Tình
Hoaøi Höông
(Thöông meán taëng
ñoàng baøo cuaû toâi
hieän ñang ñònh
cö nôi haûi ngoaïi)
*
Thöông veà queâ cuõ
cuaû toâi
Môø söông nhöõng
sôùm giöaõ trôøi muaø Thu
Phuû treân maùi laù
mòt muø.
Caûnh thô moäng aáy
giaõ töø, Ñoâng sang.
*
Toâi yeâu ñaát nöôùc
xa ngaøn
Coù nhieàu soâng lôùn,
meânh mang ruoäng
ñoàng,
Nhöõng ñaøn muïc
suùc thong dong
Trôû veà xoùm vaéng,
daùng hoàng chieàu rôi.
*
Toâi thöông thöông quaù
ñi thoâi
Thaùp chuoâng vôøi
vôïi nhìn trôøi laëng yeân.
Sao toâi nhö thaáy trieàn
mieân
Noãi nieàm xa vaéng trong
tim trong loøng.
*
Toâi yeâu daãy nuùi cong
cong,
Döôùi chaân khoùi
bieác meânh moâng moät vuøng.
Maùi tranh möa öôùt
röng röng,
Luøm caây, taûng ñaù
khôi chung noãi buoàn.
*
Nhôù sao tröôøng
hoïc yeâu thöông
Moät thôøi thô aáu
vöông vöông laù vaøng,
Baøn tay taäp vieát doøng
ngang:
“Queâ Höông- Toå Quoác
!“ nhö mang trong
hoàn.
*
Ngoài ñaây maø thaáy
nhö coøn
Boùng hình Ñaát
Nöôùc, nuùi non, ruoäng ñoàng.
Beân kia Bieån Thaùi meânh
moâng,
Queâ Höông toâi ñoù
! Coøn khoâng baïn beø …
*
San Diego, California
Phaïm Ngoïc Nhieãm
phoûng dòch.
* Baøi thô Anh Ngöõ
naøy ñaõ ñoaït 2 giaûi thöôûng
xuaát saéc
(Outstanding Poetry Prizes) cuûa caùc
Hoäi Nhaø Thô Hoa Kyø vaø Quoác
teá.
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