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RATHER BE ALONE

I’d rather be alone

With a melodic tune
Lullabying my sadness

Than keeping the sulky love.
I’d rather be by myself

Looking at the shuttered moon

Listening to astray heartbeats
Than waiting in gloom.

I’d rather be in solitude
Without the amorous deception

With my love in crypt

Than missing the chameleon
I’d rather forget you

Forget the loving promises
Forget the adorable oaths

Than missing the vanities.

I’d rather be in affliction
Alone in long darkness

Composing romantic verses
Than keeping the bleached love.

Alisa Hồng H Vũ
English version by Phạm Đức Hiền

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