Giang Van
PROMETEO
Revista Latinoamericana de Poesía
Número 81-82. Julio de 2008.
A SHORT ANTHOLOGY
OF VIETNAMESE POETRY
Edited by Nguyen Bao Chan
Giang Van
1959
In July Reminiscence
Dying day by day,
Even when still alive, breathing,
sleeping, and in motion,
Even when squirming to do one thing or another.
Getting up every morning,
The blood dries a little bit,
Like the dying river
revealing its pebbly bed,
Likely to forget the body’s flowing blood.
Dying day by day
Where did I drop my soul’s wings
Startled,
Even once upon a time reptiles had wings
Time is running,
Running away
Together with this damp moldy air
As its accomplice.
Dying gradually day by day.
23 November 2005.
Translated by Chau Dien and Michelle Noullet.
Giáng Vân (born 1959) holds a degree in language and literature from Hanoi University. She now works as an editor of the Women of The Capital (Phu Nu Thu Do) newspaper in Hanoi.
Última actualización:
06/07/2018
