Pham Ho Thu
PROMETEO
Revista Latinoamericana de Poesía
Número 81-82. Julio de 2008.
A SHORT ANTHOLOGY
OF VIETNAMESE POETRY
Edited by Nguyen Bao Chan
Pham Ho Thu
1950
Poem for A Discouraged
Warrior Fallen from His Horse
Come, my darling, stand up and return to me!
After the battle ended/ The horse that kept you company
Ran away, leaving no traces
Come, my darling, stand up and return to me!
You, valiant horseman,
Come, please, come to me.
Listen to the song
I sing to your hoof-beats,
A song to guide your Achilles’ heel
Which cannot find its way home.
Come, my darling, stand up and return to me!
The image of you, gallant horseman, remains in my eyes.
As for me, I know that one day you will return
With your wounded Achilles’ heel
Even though your old battle horse has run far, far away...
Translated by Nguyen Bao Chan & Harry Aveling.
Phạm Hồ Thu (born 1950) works as a journalist for several newspapers in Hanoi. She received the Poetry Prize from the Union of Vietnamese Associations for Literature and Arts for her collection Gift in 2001.
Última actualización:
06/07/2018
