The Boat

Entry for November 21, 2008
The Boat

NAM LE


I never thought to be a soldier’s wife

You were not born to foreign lands preside;

Why do the streams and hills our love divide?

Why are we destined for this faithless life?

Page 235


The paith of wind and rains is yours to take,

While mine does mourn an emty rom and bed;

We reach to touch each other, but instead…

Page 236

You took my love southeast before I asked

Whereto you went, and when you should return;

Oh warring soul! Though bitter years you learned

To treat your sacred life leaves of grass.

Page 237


I am the vigil moon that sheds you light

My soul abides within the Thousand Peaks;

Where drunk with wine and Long Tuyen sword you seek

And slaughter all the leopards of the night.


And in the steps of Gioi Tu, seize Lau Lan

Ans squash the Man Khe rivers into one.

You wear the scarlet shadow of the sun:

And you steed is whiter than my palm..

(page 269)


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