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Anh tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i v\u01b0\u1eddn x\u01b0a v\u00e0o th\u00e1ng t\u00e1m
\n\u0110\u1ec3 nghe m\u01b0a t\u1ea7m t\u00e3 kh\u00f3c su\u1ed1t ng\u00e0y
\nNh\u00ecn nh\u1eefng d\u00e2y tr\u1ea7u xanh m\u01b0\u1edbt l\u00e1 tr\u00ean c\u00e2y
\nNh\u1eefng bu\u1ed3ng cau \u0111\u00e3 tr\u1ed5 m\u00e0u v\u00e0ng nh\u1ea1t<\/p>\n
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Ng\u00e0y x\u01b0a
\nAnh v\u1edbi em v\u1eabn th\u01b0\u1eddng ng\u1ed3i \u0111\u00e2y
\nD\u1ec7t m\u1ed9ng \u0111\u1eddi xanh ng\u00e1t
\nEm gi\u00fap anh vun qu\u00e9n m\u1ea5y d\u00e2y tr\u1ea7u
\nC\u00f2n anh ch\u0103m s\u00f3c h\u00e0ng cau
\nAnh v\u1eabn hay \u0111\u00f9a
\n\u0110\u1ec3 c\u00f3 cau tr\u1ea7u cho vi\u1ec7c mai sau
\nNh\u1edd mai m\u1ed1i \u0111em sang nh\u00e0 em d\u1ea1m ng\u00f5<\/p>\n
K\u00eca chi\u1ebfc c\u1ea7u kh\u1ec9 b\u1eafc qua con su\u1ed1i nh\u1ecf
\nM\u00e0 em v\u1eabn th\u01b0\u1eddng t\u1ea7n ng\u1ea7n \u0111\u1ee9ng \u1edf \u0111\u1ea7u kia
\nCh\u1edd anh qua n\u1eafm ch\u1eb7t c\u00e1nh tay ch\u00eca
\nCh\u00e2n run b\u01b0\u1edbc m\u00e0 s\u00f3ng t\u00ecnh ng\u00e2y ng\u1ea5t
\nB\u00e2y gi\u1edd th\u00ec c\u1ea7u c\u0169ng h\u1eefng h\u1edd m\u1eb7c t\u00ecnh anh b\u01b0\u1edbc
\nL\u00e1 hoa x\u01b0a \u1ee7 r\u0169 d\u01b0\u1edbi m\u01b0a bu\u1ed3n
\nD\u01b0\u1edbi ch\u00e2n c\u1ea7u d\u00f2ng n\u01b0\u1edbc b\u1ea1c tr\u00e0n tu\u00f4n
\nKh\u00f4ng th\u01a1 m\u1ed9ng nh\u01b0 t\u00ecnh x\u01b0a di\u1ec7u v\u1ee3i<\/p>\n
\u00d4i nh\u1edb qu\u00e1 nh\u1eefng chi\u1ec1u v\u00e0ng mong \u0111\u1ee3i
\nD\u00e1ng em y\u00eau – c\u00f4 b\u00e9 m\u1ec9m m\u00f4i c\u01b0\u1eddi
\nT\u00ecnh h\u1ecdc tr\u00f2 d\u1ed3n l\u1ea1i m\u1ea5y n\u0103m vui
\nC\u0169ng tan bi\u1ebfn sau l\u1ea7n anh thi h\u1ecfng
\nEm kh\u00f3c ng\u1ea5t
\nAnh b\u00e0ng ho\u00e0ng, b\u1ea5t \u0111\u1ed9ng
\n\u0110\u00e2u bi\u1ebft n\u00f3i g\u00ec trong bu\u1ed5i chia tay
\nAnh v\u00e0o qu\u00e2n tr\u01b0\u1eddng tr\u1ea3 n\u1ee3 l\u00e0m trai
\nR\u1ed3i cu\u1ed9c chi\u1ebfn k\u00e9o l\u00f4i anh \u0111i kh\u1eafp h\u01b0\u1edbng
\nT\u00ecnh y\u00eau th\u01a1 ng\u00e2y kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n ch\u1ed7 \u0111\u1ee9ng
\nM\u1ed9t s\u00e1ng m\u00f9a xu\u00e2n ph\u00e1o \u0111\u1ecf r\u01b0\u1ee3u h\u1ed3ng
\nAnh tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i v\u01b0\u1eddn x\u01b0a tan n\u00e1t c\u00f5i l\u00f2ng
\nM\u01b0\u1eddi n\u0103m y\u00eau nhau – m\u00e2y bay gi\u00f3 tho\u1ea3ng
\nM\u01b0\u1eddi n\u0103m ch\u1eb5n, m\u01b0\u1eddi n\u0103m t\u00ecnh l\u1eadn \u0111\u1eadn
\nC\u00f2n l\u1ea1i nh\u1eefng g\u00ec gi\u1eef \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u1ee1i v\u01b0\u1eddn x\u01b0a<\/p>\n
Anh tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i v\u01b0\u1eddn x\u01b0a v\u00e0o th\u00e1ng t\u00e1m
\n\u0110\u1ec3 nghe m\u01b0a r\u1ea3 r\u00edch kh\u00f3c su\u1ed1t ng\u00e0y
\nT\u1eeb \u0111\u1ed9 em theo ch\u1ed3ng anh m\u1edbi tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i \u0111\u00e2y
\nNghe k\u1ef7 ni\u1ec7m v\u1eddn ch\u00e2n anh t\u1eebng b\u01b0\u1edbc
\nNghe tr\u1ed1ng v\u1eafng kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 n\u00e0o qu\u00ean \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c
\n\u00d4i ti\u1ebfng em c\u01b0\u1eddi, gi\u1ecdng em n\u00f3i h\u00e3y c\u00f2n \u0111\u00e2y<\/p>\n
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Returning To The Old Garden<\/strong> In August I returned to the old garden In the old days There is the \u201cmonkey bridge\u201d that spanned the little brook totteringly But now the bridge is indifferent and is ignoring my walking even Oh how I miss those golden evenings when I was waiting You nearly fainted from crying and I was numbed and immobilized Our innocent love had no place to stand and could not survive Ten even years, ten years of love unsuccessful to the end I have not returned here since the day of your wedding Anh tr\u1edf l\u1ea1i v\u01b0\u1eddn x\u01b0a v\u00e0o th\u00e1ng t\u00e1m \/ \u0110\u1ec3 nghe m\u01b0a t\u1ea7m t\u00e3 kh\u00f3c su\u1ed1t ng\u00e0y \/ Nh\u00ecn nh\u1eefng d\u00e2y tr\u1ea7u xanh m\u01b0\u1edbt l\u00e0 tr\u00ean c\u00e2y \/ Nh\u1eefng bu\u1ed3ng cau \u0111\u00e3 tr\u1ed5 m\u00e0u v\u00e0ng nh\u1ea1t<\/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":[1,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891"}],"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=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14221,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions\/14221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thovanyenson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTranslated from Vietnamese into English by H\u01b0\u01a1ng Cau Cao T\u00e2n
\non 14.01.2022 in British Columbia, Canada<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\nTo listen to the rain\u2019s heavy sobbing all day long in its lamentation
\nTo see the betel plant leaves on the trees, fresh and bright in their color
\nAnd clusters of areca nuts that have turned light yellower<\/p>\n
\nYou and I used to sit here at this place
\nTo weave and dream about life\u2019s fresh dreams
\nYou helped me to nurture the betel leave plants so green
\nAnd I would tend rows of areca trees
\nI used to say jokingly
\nThat we prepared them for later use so conveniently
\nWhen our matchmaker presented them in your pre-wedding ceremony<\/p>\n
\nThat you used to stand back on the other side hesitantly
\nWaiting for me to cross over and hold your offering hand tight
\nAnd walked shakily while listening to our love waves rise dazedly high<\/p>\n
\nAs the old leaves and flowers are mournful under the rains so saddened
\nAnd under the bridge the silvery water splashes and flows violently
\nAll is not the same like the old remote love that flows so romantically<\/p>\n
\nFor the lovely figure of the little girl who was slightly smiling
\nThe student love patiently gained in many years of its accumulation
\nHad painfully vanished after my failure of the fateful examination<\/p>\n
\nKnow not what to say on the day of saying good-bye
\nI went to the military academy paying the debt of being a youth in wartime
\nThen war mercilessly sucked me in its vortex to many corners of the sky<\/p>\n
\nOn that spring day when there were red firecrackers and rosy wine
\nI returned to the old garden with shattered thoughts and broken-hearted
\nLamenting about the ten-year love – only to the wind and clouds departed<\/p>\n
\nOh my old garden, what can you keep and what can remain
\nIn August I returned to the old garden
\nTo listen to the rain\u2019s incessant sobbing all day long in its lamentation<\/p>\n
\nJust to listen to memories that cling to each of my steps of pacing
\nTo the emptiness of my heart that is impossible to forget
\nYour sounds of laughter and talking here despite the trying of my best<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"