{"id":18830,"date":"2026-02-04T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/?p=18830"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:48:02","slug":"thu-cuoi-nam-year-end-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/?p=18830","title":{"rendered":"Th\u01b0 Cu\u1ed1i N\u0103m – Year End Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nh\u1ea1c ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

S\u00e1ng ra \u0111\u1ea7u \u00f3c l\u01a1 m\u01a1
\nV\u1edbi tay g\u1ee1 n\u1ed1t c\u00e1i t\u1edd cu\u1ed1i n\u0103m
\nC\u00e1m \u01a1n l\u1eddi ch\u00fac, c\u00e2u th\u0103m
\nNh\u01b0ng sao T\u1ebft l\u1ea1i l\u1ea1nh c\u0103m th\u1ebf n\u00e0y
\nB\u1ed7ng d\u01b0ng th\u01b0\u01a1ng nh\u1edb t\u1ee5i m\u1ea7y
\nN\u0103m m\u01b0\u01a1i n\u0103m l\u1ebb\u2026 m\u1ed9t b\u1ea7y l\u01b0u vong<\/p>\n

Cu\u1ed1i n\u0103m c\u00f3 g\u00ec vui kh\u00f4ng
\nRi\u00eang tao v\u1eabn th\u1ea5y trong l\u00f2ng ch\u00e1n ch\u00ea
\nV\u1eabn l\u00e0 nh\u1edb n\u01b0\u1edbc th\u01b0\u01a1ng qu\u00ea
\n\u01af\u1edbc m\u01a1 c\u00f3 l\u00fac quay v\u1ec1 c\u1ed1 h\u01b0\u01a1ng
\nTr\u1eddi \u01a1i c\u1ed9ng s\u1ea3n thi\u00ean \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng
\nM\u1ed9t b\u1ea7y qu\u1ef7 d\u1eef, m\u1ed9t ph\u01b0\u1eddng y\u00eau ma<\/p>\n

L\u1ea7n tay \u0111\u1ebfm… tu\u1ed5i \u0111\u00e3 gi\u00e0
\nKh\u00f4ng bi\u1ebft c\u00f2n th\u1ea5y qu\u00ea nh\u00e0 n\u1eefa ch\u0103ng
\nM\u1ed9t th\u1eddi B\u1ea3o Qu\u1ed1c Tr\u1ea5n Kh\u00f4ng
\nL\u01b0ng tr\u1eddi g\u00e3y c\u00e1nh
\nN\u00e1t l\u00f2ng… xa bay
\nN\u0103m m\u01b0\u01a1i n\u0103m v\u1eabn c\u00f2n \u0111\u00e2y
\nM\u1ed7i cu\u1ed1i n\u0103m l\u00f2ng c\u1ee9 quay qu\u1eaft bu\u1ed3n<\/p>\n

4\/2\/2026<\/p>\n

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\nEnglish version<\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Year-End-Letter-Yen-Son.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Year-End Letter <\/strong><\/p>\n

I wake at dawn, my thoughts still blurred,
\nreach out to tear the final page of the year.
\nThank you for the wishes, the words of care\u2014
\nyet why does Tet feel so bitterly cold this year?
\nSuddenly I miss you all, my friends,
\nFifty years plus\u2026 a scattered band in exile.<\/p>\n

Is there anything joyful at the year\u2019s end?
\nFor me, the heart still feels worn and weary.
\nStill missing the land, still loving the homeland,
\nstill dreaming, at times, of returning to native soil.
\nOh heaven of communism… what a lie:
\na pack of demons, a league of devils in disguise.<\/p>\n

I count my years… the weight of age is clear,
\nUnsure if home will ever reappear.
\nOnce sworn to hold the sky for my own land,
\nMy wings gave way before the last command.
\nFifty plus years linger, still remain,
\nEach year\u2019s last night returns the same old pain.
\n<\/br>
\n

Lyric<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wake at dawn, my thoughts still blurred,
\nReach out to tear the final page of the year.
\nThank you for the wishes, the words of care\u2014
\nYet why does T\u1ebft feel bitterly cold this year?
\nSuddenly I miss you all, my friends,
\nFifty years plus\u2026 a scattered band in exile.<\/p>\n

Is there anything joyful at the year\u2019s end?
\nFor me, the heart still feels worn and weary.
\nStill missing the land, still loving the homeland,
\nStill dreaming, at times, of going home.
\nOh heaven promised by communism\u2014
\nWhat a lie.
\nA pack of demons,
\nDevils dressed in disguise.<\/p>\n

Is there anything joyful at the year\u2019s end?
\nFor me, the heart still feels worn and weary.
\nStill missing the land, still loving the homeland,
\nStill dreaming, at times, of going home.<\/p>\n

I count my years; their weight is clear,
\nUnsure if home will reappear.
\nOnce sworn to hold the sky for my own land,
\nMy wings gave way before the last command.
\nIs there anything joyful at the year\u2019s end?
\nPerhaps just this\u2014remembering who we\u2019ve been.
\nStill missing the land, still loving the homeland,
\nStill carrying home within.<\/p>\n

Fifty years and more still remain,
\nEach year\u2019s last night returns the same old pain.
\nStill\u2026 I speak to you, my friend.<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nh\u1ea1c ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t S\u00e1ng ra \u0111\u1ea7u \u00f3c l\u01a1 m\u01a1 V\u1edbi tay g\u1ee1 n\u1ed1t c\u00e1i t\u1edd cu\u1ed1i n\u0103m C\u00e1m \u01a1n l\u1eddi ch\u00fac, c\u00e2u th\u0103m Nh\u01b0ng sao T\u1ebft l\u1ea1i l\u1ea1nh c\u0103m th\u1ebf n\u00e0y B\u1ed7ng d\u01b0ng th\u01b0\u01a1ng nh\u1edb t\u1ee5i m\u1ea7y N\u0103m m\u01b0\u01a1i n\u0103m l\u1ebb\u2026 m\u1ed9t b\u1ea7y l\u01b0u vong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18830"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18841,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18830\/revisions\/18841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}