THE CONNECTING VIETNAM ARMS TOGETHER
NỐI LẠI VÒNG TAY TÌNH NGƯỜI VIỆT NAM
By : HUYEN CHUONG QUY ( Ly Nguyen Thien Quy )
To Translate from Vietnamese in to English by : HOANG LOC
* Many years of wandering
To remote towns
On my worn out steps
The day come back
With thin arm for embracing the Earth circle
Bolsa street / From that time
Beads of perspiration falling down
Smiles / Tears
In my Homeland
Vietnam people still suffer hardships
During long nights
I've written the poem “ The Trust ...”
To find / Hope
For arms connect with one another
* Thirty years of refugees
Write some historical events
30, April, 1975
The tank from jungle carrying pieces of bloody skin, flesh, hair on its wheel
Pushing down Doc Lap palace
Lots of people cheered their victory
The others went to farm camps
Hard work !
Taking the shame with them
Allied nation ran away
The Home broken in pieces
* 30 , April , 1975
Old Mothers , loyal Wives in North
Waiting in despair for years
To meet their Sons
For years of hard work
To meet their Husbands
When they got victorious news
Along with field bag , a sandal and an old pen
The clothers still smell of gun powder
Some letters written in love
They received some degrees of Husbands, Sons : Heroes !
* 30 . April , 1975
In the South
Old Mothers, honest Wives, brainless Children
With white turbans on the heads
Mourning for Husbands, Sons
Unknown Soldiers
“ Risking life for their Country “
Pity on dead Heroes
For Fathers, Brothers fighting bravely for the Love of Nation
Suddenly become criminals
Weep from the seamy side of life
People in forests going to cities
People in cities stagging to wilds
* East sea with tidal wave
The waves carrying dead bodies off shore
LAC blood spread everywhere
Hundreds of strange coast
Million of VietNam tears
Wandering lives
Days in ruins
So sadly !
* 1975 / 2005
Thirty years !
Thirty years !
It seems to resonate like hero souls from graves, in forests, the scream of outrage
It seems to reecho on East sea, the terrible scream
Still unmelting tears
Wandering, strange places, sorrowfully
* Thirty years
Lessons of weak Xanthodermic race
Being chess boards for the interests of France, USA, Russia, China
Vietnam people have continously suffered misery
Led to the war of cruel brothers
Russia , China communist taking advantage of Vietnam to satisfy their invation only
Tanks T54, grenade throwers B40, howitzers 82
Blasting honest inhabitants'house night after night
USA , on behalf of defending the world of liberty
Having brought dollars, weapons, bombs to Vietnam
Vietnam in grief of separation !
Vietnam in disasters !
Vietnam women become the bails for international men
Dead bodies of young generation filling in forests, on wild hills
- White mourning - bands
Break up rosy dreams
White mourning - bands
Go away with exciling lives
White mourning - bands
Never - ending sorrow !
* Thirty years
The ups and downs of life
Pacific Ocean, in opposite shore
The winners, on top position, worship iron rules, tyrannize labour people
To the end, no power, pretend to throw corrupt dogmas for their illusory fame
Next government doting on wealth
Saying devil marxism
Collecting dollars
Nice cars
Good wine
Pretty girls
With disturbing laughter for nights
Wring out blood of honest people !
Day after day
Millions of hard lives
In illness, pain
Poverty, offence
Homeless wandering children
Without schools
Eating little rice
Sleeping under bridges
Family ? Love ?
Only in dreams !
* Thirty years
Of hardships
( The nation which is the richest on the globe spending billion of dollars on
nurturing armies worldwide for getting the dream of Lord )
Still many hard life, here
- A man with wound on head
Day after day
Sit down before “ food to go “ store
Eat little rice with soy
“ It's delicious, formonk life, money for what ? “
- In opposite roads
A girl with rough hair, sitting on her old clothes
Laughing nonsensely, talking to herself
“ Oh ! Are you Vietnam ? Out ! Out ! “
“ Out ! I don't talk to you ! “
- Another lady, whose young age faded away, carrying old clothing bag
Holding some fading roses to ask passers -by to buy
In dim darkness
A young man writhing in pain on the ground
“ I want to die ! I'm guilty ! I don't want to live ! “
“ Why you want to die ? What guilt you have ? “
“ I'm guilty to Vietnam people ! I want to die ! “
- In midnight
A seventy year - old woman, as skinny as dry wood
Dragging 4 iron richshaws
Filled with carton papers, tins, bottles
Where she go ? Sleep ?!
- Mornings, afternoons
A middle aged man with board “ Homeless “ sitting at street corner to receive every 25 cent !
Many homeless young man with thin faces
Gather at street corner to get the meals “ food to go “
Lasting day after day
Many rich people indifferent to human sentiments
Some take advantage of those pain to cheat , sell , buy ...
Others crush under the feet to find fabulous fame
Lots of young men quitting schools, fonding of guns, hashish, narcotic
I know some young men who can't write 2 words “ Viet Nam “
* Years of wandering
To New York, Chicago, san Francisco
Prosperous cities in the country having lots of guns, airplanes, warships and atomic bombs
I've seen many negros, white, half mile away
Standing in the night dew, bitting cold, under hot summer sun
Waiting for charitable hearts
Come back to Bolsa, Xanthodermic people ! ...
I've sat down with unhappy people
To share everything in my pocket , house
To contribute them some power, time
To see some smiling appearance on their faces
* 30 , April , 2005
I've got in some people whose hearts thinking of mourning April at 3 places
At school near Brookhurst street, some applauded to acclaim organization board
At Phuoc Loc Tho center, over hundreds of people with banner, shouting
“ Down with Ho chi minh “
At the Soldier statue, lots of people celbrated sincerely
Feeling in space the resound of powerful march
Of the Heroes sacrificing for Justice, Freedom
Inspire my soul the green of life
Tomorrow
* The tiring , worn out steps
A day come back
With my grey hair
It seems to embrace the earth circle within my thin arms
I've met her
The Angel in white
“ The Sweet Trust “
Giving me excessive passion, like the love at schooling – time
Her tender arms, along with mine, will combine our compassion into one
* Vietnamese Affection !
Small arms only for you and me !
Thirty years of refugees
There have been lots of generous arms
- The Heroes sacrificing on ways to restore their nations :
Heroes Tran Van Ba, Hoang Co Minh, Le Quoc Quan
- Heroic people having fought for Democracy Freedom :
Nguyen Dan Que, Ly Tong, Nguyen Chi Thien, Vo Dai Ton, Doan Viet Hoat,
Nguyen Vu Binh, Le Chi Quang, Pham Hong Son, Nguyen Khac Toan,
Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Van Dai, Le Nguyen Sang, Le Thi Cong Nhan …
Always haughty, unyielding before rebellious government
- The sincere hearts closely connect the love of nation , Vietnam people :
Vietnam Human Rights Network
Boatpeople SOS ...
The compaign Hung Ca / Ve Nguon / Nguyet Anh, Viet Dung
The virtuous group helping boatmen in Philippine / Trinh Hoi, Ky Duyen
- The charitable hearts loving poor people :
Friends Of The Lepers In Vietnam
- The benevolent arms for miserable people :
Ngoc Minh, My Huyen, Anh Dung, Thuy Trinh, Minh Phuong, Y Lan
Philip Huy, Huong Lan, Diem Lien, Orchid Lam Quynh, Da nhat Yen, Trish Thuy Trang
Xuan Mai, Quynh Nhu, Dan Vy, Bao Ngoc
And many singers, musicians ...
- The charitable fund Terese / Vu thanh An
Charitable group , Love Across The Ocean / Leyna Nguyen
Charitable group Phuong Dung, Ha Phuong, Phi Nhung, Thai Nguyen, Bich Ngoc.
Flame up The Love of Vietnam !
- The eminent young with powerful vitality :
The General Association of Vietnam Students, South California
Including lots of confident, active friends closing to the movement to serve the community
And , more and more ...
The kind hearts, silently aid community everywhere
Lighting up The Love of Vietnam !
* The Sweet Trust !
I alway expect to find
Waiting / Hoping
More and more
“ The Love Of Vietnam “
LAC blood spreading out the wholeworld
Thirty years
Combine again ! Combine together !
- Bringing the Love to relieve poverty
- Bringing the Love to destroy violence
- Bringing the Love to erase last hostility
In bloom for everybody !
* The Sweet Trust !
I've heard the sing from Heaven
The sing of marvellous paradise
The sing of human Justice
Benevolence replacing for violence
Compassion for hostilities
Sacred sing going into human hearts
Moving the universe
Cling to The New Light
Marvellous !
The New Light : Clear Sighted King in The East
Wisdom - Honesty - Fairness
Combining millions of Vietnamese hearts
For peaceful life
New Light
Charity - Duty - Virtue - Justice - Wisdom - Courage
All over the world for Prosperity
Bliss forever !
* The Sweet Trust !
Let all arms cling together
Let arms combine with the others
Abroad - Sai Gon - Ha Noi - Hue
The Mother along with one hundred children
Over 4 thousand years of fighting against foreign enemies
Connect together...
“ CONNECTING THE ARMS OF VIETNAM LOVE “
Tomorrow
VIETNAM / Asian Dragon
Love / Peace
Evermore ! ...
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ALWAYS A TRUST
I still have a trust
The life is as nice as a dream
I have a trust
The life is as nice as a poem
I have a trust only
Fairness with THE ALMILITY GOD
Evermore peaceful for Viet Nam
HUYEN CHUONG QUY ( Ly Nguyen Thien Quy )
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