POETRY
Mountain Music
— POEM by Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh
(Translated from Vietnamese)
Finding
the way into the mountain,
Wandering
like a little dove,
Forgetting the
grey-brown wings.
Flower
petals falling on the cool rock,
Willing
to shed everything to lie down.
Watching
the sky sprinkle on the mountain’s body,
Soft clouds as
stalactite smoke.
The
flower sleeping for a long time on the rock’s chest,
Gently
moving in a dream,
Wearing
a different colored dress,
Covering the cracked
rock.
Old
stories still leave fragrance in my hair,
Whispering
of fingers,
Writing
on the rock face,
Washing
away the rock heart,
Falling
leaves stirring,
Hugging myself full
of love.
The
sound of guzheng vibrates gently in the wind
The lover couple like as thin silk
entwined…
….
(Self-translation from VIETNAMESE)
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NGUYỄN THỊ THÙY LINH
Nguyễn
Thị Thùy Linh, born in 1991, is a poetess and
literary translator. She currently lives in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. She
received her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Hanoi National Economic
University. She was awarded “The Gold Moon of 6-8 poetry Prize,” the highest
prize given by The Elder Newspaper and Website lucbat.com
(co-organizer), under the auspices of Vietnamese Fatherland Front Central
Committee and Buddisht Sangha of Vietnam. She won the Second Prize in a
poetry contest awarded by “𝘝ă𝘯 𝘯𝘨𝘩ệ
𝘲𝘶â𝘯 độ𝘪” literary
magazine for the years of 2015-2016. Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh has translated
and published two books — a children’s book titled “The Twin Dolls to
the Earth” , 2016 (Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association)
written by Milutin Đuričković (Serbia) and a poetry collection
called “Wings of the Darkness” , 2018 (Publishing House of The Vietnam
Writer’s Association) composed by Raed Aljishi (Saudi Arabia).
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