Ngu+o+`i ye^n ti.nh nhu+ng ngu+o+`i ddi muo^n da(.m
Ma'y thu thanh ho`a a^m nha.c tho+m tho !
Mie^.ng ye^u kie^`u mo+n a'nh sa'ng say no !
Nguo^`n trinh tie^'t ga^y ho^`ng tu+o+i xanh tha('m !
Ba^`u su+~a ngu+o+`i e^m ma't va.n sa^`u lo\.

Mo^.t dde^m va`ng -- mo^.t dde^m va`ng a^m ddie^.u
DDa^`y nhu+.a tho+m, xanh mi.t nga`n phi lau
Mo^.ng ngo+`i le^n bay dde^'n mo^.t be^'n ta`u --
Bie^?n ngo.c bi'ch, thuye^`n buo^`m say so'ng di.u;
Hu+o+ng ngo.t nga`o, a'nh sa'ng cho+'p mau mau\.

Hu+o+ng say ngu+o+`i nhu+ say men ti`nh a'i,
Ke^` ngu+.c tra(ng ngu+o+`i mo+'m vi. say su+a\.
Ngu+o+`i chu+a say vi` hu+o+ng vi. chu+a bu+a:
Di`m tra(ng xuo^'ng mo^.t vu`ng tra(ng nu+o+'c gia~i
Va` xo'a le^n... die^u ddo^.ng bo'ng nga`n xu+a\.

...Hoa tha^`n bi' va^'n vu+o+ng ho^`n ngo.c nu+~;
DDo^.ng dda`o nguye^n cha^'p cho'a a'nh lu+u ly;
O^ ! sa('c pha`m tre^n bo^. ma(.t tu+` bi;
O^ ! tie^n nu+o+ng trong ti`nh xua^n dda^`y u+';
-- Mo^.t u sa^`u di`u di.u cu?a cung phi\.

O^i ! So. ngu+o+`i ! So. ngu+o+`i ! -- Gu+o+ng phe'p ta('c.
-- Ngo.c Kie^`u o+i ! ghe' la.i nga('m dung nhan.
Ngo.c Kie^`u o+i ta cho+.p la^'y tim na`ng,
Tim na`ng ba(`ng dda', tim na`ng ba(`ng sa('t.
Ngo.c Kie^`u o+i ! ho+i ddo^.c sa('p tra`n lan !

Ngu+o+`i nga^'t ngu+ -- Che^'t trong muo^n the^' ky? !
Cha.y ddie^n ro^`... ddu+'ng su+.ng giu+~a xu+o+ng ma\.
Ngu+o+`i la` ai ? Ngu+o+`i co' pha?i la` ta ?
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