Farewell, My Dear
Translated by Andy Kale
Having heard your call everything means enough
Or keep on roaming for a thousand years in the wind and the dust of life
The bunch of white lilies which gives off a soothing fragrance
Nature serves me as a bed to sleep onThe old road is the same road at home
Which carries along with you the kind-hearted streams
The little and foolish figure at the moment of puzzle
Above those eyes the fleck of dust has just sproutedLike you are who never sin
Looking at the midnight stars as well as catching the shooting stars
Hanging down your head and the lonely body is suddenly in haste
Hearing the roar of the blood which shakes with the movement of the moonNguyen Duc Batngan
Original title: Vinh Biet Nguoi
From: "Binh Minh Cam" (Shrouded Dawn)
A collection of poetry written in 1975
published in 1985.