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Dragon & Fairy In Poetry

But today I have just received from you
Such a confidential poem, what a solitary cue!
I do feel my heart flutters and my tears flow;
Yet, my dear, how should I react now, hillo!

Only in dreams; yes, that is only in a dream
Because we are separated, against the stream;
Even hundreds of words could not unite
The two domains, bind the two souls alright!

Then, a certain morning, the sun begins to shine
Piling my heart with perturbation, full of brine,
I will be walking loungingly, vacantly, hurt,
Pronouncing vaguely your name in the desert…

Why you want me to burn the small pages,
The lonely letters sent me since… the ages?
No! I wish to keep them – in my innermost
A remote outline, even not of a shadow a ghost.

I have written my feelings out with all my heart,
Oh! the Central Region that still stays apart!
This evening with eyes that tears overcame,
I am sending my last poem to my… old flame…

Translation by THANH-THANH

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