FRIEND ___DAVID LAN PHAM, F.A.B.I.

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Van Su Lanh

Thay Lan

phamdinhlan (david)

FRIEND

DAVID LAN PHAM, F.A.B.I.

Since our childhood

We have known the war.

Walking on a deserted path in our village

We talked about our country.

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When we grew up

We separated from each other.

Those talks entered our memory

As our childhood innocent ideals.

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After twenty years of separation

You came back to the old place to see me.

That night we didn’t sleep.

We kept on talking about our country.

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How sad our country was!

Perpetual bloodshed!

Abandoned rice fields!

Nothing but devastation!

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Bombs burst in the villages

Bullets whistled through the cities.

There were sobs and lamentations

Even in the mountains.

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You returned to your combat unit.

A few years after the war end

You came back to see me

In my old house.

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You looked indecisive

Between war and peace?

Freedom and banishment?

Homeland and separation?

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I kept silent without a word.

You had a cup of tea,

The echo of the past

Which couldn’t ever come back to us.

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Time flew by silently,

Suddenly I learned you died

On the edge of a jungle

By a spring on a rainy evening.

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In the Yellow Spring

Did you know I left our ancestral land on a moonlit night?

I hope you never ask me

Why I left our country in its stormy days?

BAN

PHAM DINH LAN, F.A.B.I.

Tui minh biet chinh chien

Ngay tu thuo au thoi.

Tren duong que thon vang

Minh noi chuyen nuoc minh.

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Khi hai dua truong thanh

Chung minh xa cach nhau.

Chuyen ngay xua len sau ky uc

Ly tuong ngay tho thuo au thoi.

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Hai muoi nam xa cach

May tro lai tham tao.

Dem ay minh khong ngu,

Lai noi chuyen nuoc minh.

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Que minh sao buon qua!

Mau van do trien mien!

Nhieu dong xanh hoang phe!

Van su chi pha tan.

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Bom no trong thon vang,

Dan reo khap thi thanh

Tren non cao nui tham

Cung co tieng tho than.

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May tro ve don vi.

Vai nam tan cuoc chien

May tro lai tham tao

Cung tai can nha cu.

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May co ve do du

Chien tranh va hoa binh?

Tu do va day ai?

Dat nuoc va biet ly?

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Tao khong noi mot loi.

May uong tach tra thom,

Du am cua qua khu

Mai mai khong tro ve.

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Thoi gian lang le qua

Tao hay tin may mat

Ben suoi vang ven rung

Mot chieu mua am dam.

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Duoi tuyen dai may biet

Tao da roi dat to

Vao mot dem sang trang?

Tao van hang hy vong

May dung bao gio hoi:

Sao bo nuoc ra di

Ngay que huong giong bao?