Verse:
(Cordially offered to my little friends
)
* * *
Standing proudly in the distance,
The Church Tower draws in the vast sky
The symbol of Faith and Love.
Overhead, some evening-birds keep on
their flights.
* * *
When the night is going to fall,
I'd like to contemplate the Church Tower,
That seems to show me the direction to
follow,
And looks like, in the forest, a wonderful
flower.
* * *
In the life's current full of troubles,
I want it to be the guiding light,
On the immense, rough, open sea,
Leading the ships on their right ways at
night.
* * *
Oh , how magnificent is the Church Steeple !
Though I've just the heart of a normal person.
Oh, how splendid is the Church Steeple
!
Although I'm only a simple Christ's
son.
* * *
San Diego, California
Phan Duc Minh
(Member of the Internatinal Society of Poets
)
Phoûng dòch:
Thaùp
Chuoâng Giaùo Ñöôøng
(Meán taëng nhöõng
ngöôøi baïn beù nhoû cuaû toâi)
* * *
Töø xa ñöùng söõng
daùng töï haøo,
Thaùp chuoâng nhaø Chuaù
veõ leân cao
Bieåu töôïng loøng
tin vaø thöông meán
Chim chieàu voã caùnh ñeán
phöông nao .
* * *
Khi maøn ñeâm saép nheø
nheï buoâng,
Toâi ngaém nhìn theo boùng
giaùo ñöôøng,
Chæ ñöôøng, daãn
loái cho ta ñeán,
Nhö ñoaù hoa röøng
toaû ngaùt höông.
* * *
Gioøng ñôøi coøn
ngaäp nhöøng khoå ñau,
Caàu xin aùnh saùng xoaù
ñeâm saâu,
Giöaõ loøng bieån roäng
muoân truøng soùng,
Bình an , taàu löôùt
tieáp theo nhau.
* * *
OÂi, thaáy ñeïp sao boùng
giaùo ñöôøng !
OÂi, tuyeät myõ thay daùng
thaùp chuoâng !
Daãu toâi moät keû taàm
thöôøng quaù,
Taâm hoàn ñôn giaûn
ñöôïc Chuaù thöông.
* * *
San Diego, California
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