POETRY
Playing Guzheng in Rose Garden
โ POEM by Nguyแป n Thแป Thรนy Linh
(Translated from Vietnamese)
Where
the petals gather many tears,
Where
mist shadow is gently shaking the guzhengโs rhythm,
The
wind flows through slender fingers, sobbing,
Ask
the morning if the spring of the past,
Being
present and filling with so many voices and scents,
How
to cover, how to forget,
When the sky drags
the earth along.
Strum
up, strum up, the strings are tight ,
The
past – present – future are transmigration in each refrain,
The
meeting place is a farewell place too,
The
paths we hurriedly past away,
Looking
at ourselves in our past mirror,
The
guzheng sound rushes like rain pouring on our chest,
The leaf has just
fallen, tearing a heart stem.
How
can we take refuge when everywhere is ourselvesโ fragmentation?
Fingernails
dig into guzheng strings, aching the flesh of previous life,
Tears
of roses flow,
Red tears of
distilled fragrance.
There
are no more farmers picking flowers in the morning,
The
flowers flown away, the petals disintegrated already,
The
scent has all dissipated, the earth misses,
Who sits playing guzheng like a mist.
โฆ.
(Self-translation from VIETNAMESE)
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Nguyแป n Thแป Thรนy Linh
Nguyแป n Thแป Thรนy Linh, born in 1991, is a poetess and literary translator. She currently lives in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. She received her Bachelorโs Degree in Economics from Hanoi National Economic University. Nguyแป n Thแป Thรนy Linh was awarded โThe Gold Moon of 6-8 poetry Prize,โ 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 wonย the Second Prize in a poetry contest awarded by โ๐ฤ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฉแป ๐ฒ๐ถรข๐ฏ ฤแป๐ชโ literary magazine for the years of 2015-2016.ย
Nguyแป n Thแป Thรนy Linh has translated and published two books โ a childrenโs book titled โThe Twin Dolls to the Earthโ , 2016 (Publishing House of The Vietnam Writerโs Association) written by Milutin ฤuriฤkoviฤ (Serbia) and a poetry collection calledย โWings of the Darknessโ , 2018 (Publishing House of The Vietnam Writerโs Association) composed by Raed Aljishi (Saudi Arabia).
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