Page 101 - Dragon&Fairy in Poetry

Thanh Thanh

And then suddenly to the ship happened the infliction:
Against an iceberg, it broke into two by the friction.
So many souls were panic-stricken, alarmed, in scare;
The more they cried out the more they fell in despair.

You and me, we had always been held together tight,
Always struggling, all the time expressing our plight.
How many lives could those few rescue boats save?
Children, women, all folks choked in sore and rave.

Well, comes the rule: “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”
It is fundamental for everyone not only for us the
must.
We stretched our arms in the wind but could not fly
far;
Then, fens we couldn't help dying without lodestar.

After that, I was finally from the sea fished out
Together with the agony you were nowhere about!
I dreamily recollect our time being side by side;
Our valued love all the world has encouragingly eyed.

Rather only one minute of glory then the tumble
Than, isn't it so, honey, a lifetime of fumble, humble?
Now in the four directions the sea water is still blue,
And I will continue to miss my sweet the ever true.

Translation by THANH-THANH

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