Ba.c Ta^`n Hoa`i

-- Nguye^n ta'c DDo^~ Mu.c

• tu+` "DDu+o+`ng Thi" cu?a Tra^`n Tro.ng San

• Ta^`n Hoa`i: te^n con so^ng tu+` ti?nh Giang To^ cha?y le^n phi'a Ba('c va`o so^ng Tru+o+`ng Giang.

• Ha^.u DDi`nh Hoa: te^n khu'c ha't la`m trong buo^?i tie^.c cu?a vua Tra^`n Ha^.u Chu? va` Tru+o+ng Quy' Phi tho+`i Nam Ba('c trie^`u\.

Thuye^`n dda^.u so^ng Ta^`n Hoa`i

-- Ba?n Di.ch Tra^`n Tro.ng San

Kho'i tru`m nu+o+'c la.nh, tra(ng lo^`ng ca't;
Thuye^`n dda^.u Ta^`n Hoa`i, ca.nh tu+?u gia\.
Co^ ga'i kho^ng hay buo^`n nu+o+'c ma^'t,
Be^n so^ng co`n ha't Ha^.u DDi`nh Hoa\.

DDo^~ Be^'n So^ng Hoa`i

-- Ba?n Di.ch Mo^.ng So+n

Ma^y ma(.t nu+o+'c, nguye^.t dda^`u ghe^`nh,
Be^'n Ta^`n vui chuo^'c che'n quy`nh dde^m thanh.
Ga'i "dde^m" que^n so'ng khuynh tha`nh
Be^n so^ng ha't khu'c Ha^.u DDi`nh Hoa cho+i !

Morning at Chien-Wei River

-- Translated by Robert Payne

Smoke-veiled chilled waters, moon veiling the sands,
We anchored at Chien-Wei River hard by some wineshops.
The dancing girls did not know the bitterness of our defeats.
They were singing "The Flower in the Garden" on the further bank.

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