Scars Of War Poem by Nhat Thuy Vi

Scars Of War



Did you see on a narrow dirt road
the wind blew on those sad, broken trees
In the midst of this cold wind - why had I come back
to hear only the echoes repeated

Did you see where the war that takes
my young love, her breaths, her dreams
Have you seen from those eyes that shut
still, a constant stream of sad tear flows

It would have stoped if each leaf in this vast
jungle hold those droplets of tears
Which bullets had torn my love apart?
which bombs blew the earth she loves?
I've cried for so many lives that lost
yet no explanation could lift off sorrows!

Translation from a Vietnamese poem

Vết Tích Chiến Tranh

Trông con đường nhỏ ưu phiền
Hàng cây cũng đứng triền miên tủi hờn
Ta về gió buốt từng cơn
Gọi em tiếng mất tiếng còn vang xa
Chiến tranh cướp tuổi ngọc ngà
Mắt em ngơ ngác lệ sa đầm đìa
Lá rừng đọng giọt sương khuya
Đạn bom cay nghiệt xẻ lìa châu thân
Ôm em thương xót căn phần
Trái tim còn những phân trần khôn nguôi.

Nhat Thuy Vi
Đà Lạt 1968

Monday, March 20, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: war
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Death of a young girl & the destruction of war seen by a returning soldier

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COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Vi Nhat Thuy 21 March 2017

Based on the poem by Nhật Thụy Vi, the song composed by Vinh Điện and the vocalist Thụy Long.

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Sekharan Pookkat 23 May 2015

war destroys all dreams and built tombs of blood stains in hearts- thanks for sharing painful pictures of war read me too

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