Vu Trong Phung,"Com thay com co", 1936
Nguyen Cong Tru
Whether it is blossom time or not the jasmine is always jasmine
Elegant or not, one is nevertheless a citizen of the capital.
We look back and think, alas, was there that songs and dances resounded,
When this land was capital of the empire
When these hills, these waters were its sublime environment
For the dynasties to build up their empires under Viet Nam's skies.
In the hamlets here, folk display urban elegance.
The metropolis still has forests
And over the rolling plain resounds the buffalo herd's song.
In the water wafting fishermen's sails are mirrored.
The grass and flowers open and wither,
The hills and rivers smile at growth and decline:
Nature has witnessed many upheavels.
The pensive traveller wonders how many times
The stars in the sky have changed,
Where now are the royal palaces and imperial temples of yore?
The gibbon exults, the oriole warbles not without irony.
Nguy?n B�nh
H� n?i ba m??i s�u ph? ph??ng,
L�ng ch�ng c� ?? m?t t? v??ng .
Ch�ng qua chi?u ?y qua chi?u kh�c,
G�p l?i ???ng ?i, v?n d?m ???ng .
Nh� ?y h�nh nh? c� m?t tr?i,
C� r?ng c� su?i c� hoa t??i;
Bao nhi�u chim l?, bao nhi�u b??m ?
Kh�ng! C� g� ?�u, c� m?t ng??i .
Ch�n b??c khoan khoan, l�ng h?i l�ng:
--C� n�n qua ??y n?a hay kh�ng ?
Kh�ng n�n qua ??y, n�n qua ??y ,
Kh�ng: Nh? l�m sao! Qua m?t c�ng .
C� m?t chi?u kia anh ch�ng si
??n ??u ph? ?y b?ng ng?ng ?i:
--Hai b�n h�ng ph? h�nh nh? h? ...
?i m�i ?i ho�i c� �ch chi ?
?em bao hy v?ng l�c ra ?i,
Chu?c l?y bu?n th??ng l�c tr? v? .
L�ng m?i l?n ?i l?n b�o t�p,
M?i l?n l� m?t cu?c ph�n ly .
Ch�ng ?au ??n l?m, m�i c?n m�i;
R?ng c?n v�o r?ng, l?i ngh?n l?i:
--H? h?ng l�m sao! M� ??m qu�!
Tr?i ?i! C?u v?t l?y t�i! Tr?i!
Chao ?i! Y�u c� �ng Tr?i c?u!
Y�u c� �ng Tr?i kh�a ???c ch�n!
Ch�ng l?i ?i v? qua ph? ?y,
M?y m??i l?n n?a v� v�n v�n ...
Ch�ng ?i m�i, ?i ?i m�i,
??n m?t chi?u kia, ??n m?t chi?u
Ph? ?y ?? b?ng l�n: X�c Ph�o,
Y�u l� nh? th? ? Th? l� y�u ?
H� N?i ba m??i s�u ph? ph??ng,
L�ng ch�ng ?� d?t m?t t? v??ng .
Ch�ng qua chi?u ?y qua chi?u kh�c ....
�! M?t ng??i ?i gi?a ?�m tang .
Ho Dzenh
Troi khong nang cung khong mua
Chi hiu hiu gio cho vua nho nhung
Em con nho den que khong
Bai dau van doi, dong song van cho
Bang khuang cau chuyen tinh co
Khong mong nen hen, khong ngo thanh than
Rat xa bong hoa rat gan
Du chua gap mat mot lan, la chua!
Sang nay Ha Noi giao mua
Ho thu. Toc lieu. Thap Rua lung linh
Nuoc non day nghia day tinh
Doc tho, em co thay minh trong Tho?
