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Why You Cannot

Posted By Âu Thị Phục An On In Dịch Thuật,Sáng Tác,Thơ,Từ Việt ngữ | No Comments

Translated from the Vietnamese original “Vì sao em không thể”

 

 

 

what’s happened
stand up
don’t close your pale legs all the time
the dusty sofa
your crumpled place to lie down
is where the old man’s been ploughing hastily on his trembling knees

what’s up
don’t lick your lips in defiance
this isn’t a joke

vileness runs across the cups of your eyes
in black
teardrops
are also black

why
your hands are praying
after they’ve awkwardly handled that thing
each night

don’t tell me
you can be sad

also don’t tell me
that you cannot come back to your farm

which has been lost.

 

 

 

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