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Thanh Thanh

DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE
Original “Đừng Bỏ Em Một Mình” by
MINH ĐỨC HOÀI TRINH

Don’t leave me alone
While the cold moon is shown,
The pagoda’s bell for the dead
Slowly mingles with the Sutra said.

Don’t leave me forlorn
While the dusk rain is painfully borne.
The bare birds with wet feather
To seek for warmth huddle together.

Don’t leave me forsaken
While the sky and earth are shaken,
The jungles are writhing with hurricane,
Autumn is biting as a bane.

Don’t leave me desolate
And forcibly forbid me to state.
Let me shout out loud my emotion
To mix with the vast ocean.

Don’t leave me solitary
In the night sea so scary,
Worldly steps wobbler immerse
In the immense golden universe.

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