C¦m S¡t

-- Nguyên tác Lý Thß½ng †n

• t× "Vån H÷c SØ Trung Qu¯c" cüa HuÏnh Minh ÐÑc

Cây Ðàn G¤m

-- Bän D¸ch HuÏnh Minh ÐÑc

C¦m s¡t vì sao ngû th§p huy«n
M²i dây m²i trø, nh¾ hoa niên
Trang Chu tïnh mµng, m½ h° ði®p
V÷ng ðª lòng xuân, g·i в quyên
Trång sáng bi¬n xanh, châu ð± l®
Khói vß½ng n¡ng ¤m, ng÷c Lam ði«n
Tình này s¾m tÕo ni«m nhung nh¾
Là bu±i ð¥u tiên, chút n²i ni«m.

Jeweled Zither

-- Translated by John Turner

Vain are the jeweled zither's fifty strings.
Each string, each stop, bears thought of vanished things.
The sage of his loved butterflies day-dreaming,
The king that sighed his soul into a bird.
Tears that are pearls, in ocean moonlight streaming;
Jade mists the sun distils from Sapphire Sward.
What need their memory to recall today ?
A day was theirs, which is now passed away.

Courtesy anh Nguy­n Tr߶ng Lâm.

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