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Vietnam Literature: The Cherished Daughter
Vietnam Literature: The Cherished Daughter
By Le Thanh Huan
If sometimes I fall asleep in a lecture
Or shout and scream as if alone
Please forgive me, please don’t be angry
For I have no place to play.
I’m growing up I want to be a sailor
I’m wishing for a giant arena, a stream
I feel like yelling my life is beginning
Every minute I want to hold tight to my dreams.
But the fires of war have shriveled my joys
At every step I see guns turned on me
At every word I hear the crash of steel
Not believing, not understanding I only stare.
The slaughter goes on and on,
Blood and bones and hatred all strained red.
People running from the front to look out for themselves
Cheating, lying, stabbing others in the back
Some of my friends have fallen.
No one knew, no one cared, they were dewdrops that’s all.
My home will be burnt to the ground
The way back cut off, partitioned…
Inside Submarines
by Phan Nhien Hao
tr. Linh Dinh