Co' la^`n to^i tha^'y hai co^ ga'i
Sa't ma' va`o nhau kho'c su.t su`i
Hai bo'ng chung lu+ng tha`nh mo^.t bo'ng
"DDu+o+`ng ve^` nha` chi. cha('c xa xo^i ?"

Co' la^`n to^i tha^'y mo^.t ngu+o+`i ye^u
Tie^~n mo^.t ngu+o+`i ye^u mo^.t buo^?i chie^`u
O+? mo^.t ga na`o xa va('ng la('m
Ho. ca^`m tay ho. bo'ng xie^u xie^u\.

Hai ngu+o+`i ba.n cu~ tie^~n cha^n nhau
Ke? o+? sa^n toa ke? du+o+'i ta`u
Ho. giu.c nhau ve^` ba bo^'n ba^.n
Bo'ng nho`a trong bo'ng to^'i tu+` la^u\.

Co' la^`n to^i tha^'y vo+. cho^`ng ai
The`n the.n chia tay bo'ng cha.y da`i
Chi. mo+? kha(n gia^`u anh tha('t la.i:
"Mi`nh ve^` nuo^i la^'y me., mi`nh o+i !"

Co' la^`n to^i tha^'y mo^.t ba` gia`
DDu+a tie^~n con ddi tra^'n a?i xa
Ta`u cha.y la^u ro^`i, ba` va^~n ddu+'ng
Lu+ng co`ng ddo^? bo'ng xuo^'ng sa^n ga\.

Co' la^`n to^i tha^'y mo^.t ngu+o+`i ddi
Cha(?ng bie^'t ve^` dda^u nghi~ ngo+.i gi`
Cha^n bu+o+'c hu+~ng ho+` theo bo'ng le?
Mo^.t mi`nh la`m ca? cuo^.c pha^n ly\.

Nhu+~ng chie^'c kha(n ma`u tho^?n thu+'c bay
Nhu+~ng ba`n tay va^~y nhu+~ng ba`n tay
Nhu+~ng do^i ma('t u+o+'t nhi`n ddo^i ma('t,
Buo^`n o+? dda^u ho+n o+? cho^'n na`y ?

Ha` No^.i, 1937