Quote of the Day
Sometimes it takes a rainy day just to let you
know, everything's gonna be alright.
-- Cris Williamson
Poem of the Day
Lament
I have no words to picture grief,
The course of time itself is dust
Within this silent hourglass.
I've measured time in tears,
Seen the brightest candle snuffed,
And how the world has turned, and passed
Through time to bring us here.
I have no way to describe love
As precious and as pure as light,
As crystal with a vein of gold.
Already I forget some things--
But will not lose you to the night,
Although the sun itself grows cold
I cannot let that warmth take wings.
I cannot shape what is recalled,
Or bring back voices that are still.
I cannot make the air your laugh,
Or say just what I'm grieving for--
So let "I love you" be your epitaph.
Just this, and nothing more.
Alison Robertson |
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MA`U THO+`I GIAN
Ma`u tho+`i gian dda~ chuye^?n sa('c xa'm
Vi` tho+`i gian dda~ nga? to+'i mu`i thiu
Nu+?a trang ddo+`i da^.p xo'a, ta^?y co`n lu+u
Va` co`n ddo' nu+?a trang da`i la.nh tra('ng
Tim tru'ng ddo^.c ho'a ra ba^`u ma^.t dda('ng
He^. tha^`n kinh mo^.t mo+' chi? xu` lo^ng
Nu+?a trang ddo+`i kho^ng mo^.t chu+~ na`o tro^ng
Tha`nh ne't chu+~a, nu+?a trang da`i la.nh tra('ng.
Kho^ng gian ta('t kho^ng co`n vu+o+ng chu't na('ng
Mo^.t va^`ng tra(ng la.nh le~o ddu+'ng bo+ vo+
Nu+?a trang ddo+`i toan vie^'t mo^.t ba`i tho+
Nhu+ng lo^~i va^.n, nu+?a trang da`i la.nh tra('ng...
Gio^ng gio' he^'t bo+ pho+` trong qua.nh va('ng
Ca?nh hoang ta`n ca^y ddo^? ma'i nha` xie^u
Nu+?a trang ddo+`i tha^m ti'm vo+'i ba^`m bie^u
Lo`ng do^.t na't, nu+?a trang dda`nh bo? tra('ng?
(1963)
Nguye^~n Chi' Thie^.n
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