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Question: Where can I find the english translations of poems by well known Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien!?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I did a Google search on "poems by!.!.!." and they had several sources there!.

Here's one poem for you:


I Married Poetry

I married poetry since my student days,
From our very first encounter, she knew I was in love!.
I was so in love that I soon forgot all my earlier paramours!.

And she agreed to marry me simply because
I could not live without her by my side to console me!.
Our wedding was truly one made in heaven
Since our best man was Dream, and Vision our bridesmaid!.

With all our off springs Poetry now has her hands full,
She has grown pale with all these years of imprisonment
And having moved out of the palace among the clouds
She has grown from dream and vision days into a kind of dumb stupor…

So they blame her for being too sad and angry
Refusing as she does to put on rouge and makeup
So that she can sell her body to the Party for a living…

By sticking with me, she knows nothing but tragedy and suffering,
Sharing, oh, so many sad stories that boil us up!.
- Darling, until when will you silently carry on your faith!?
- Until a day you tell me your first lie!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, I'm Vietnamese, but I don't know how to fix your problem!. I just wanted to let you know!. But if you just told me the poem I could translate it for you!.
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