Pham Van Rinhs Poetry

Pham Van Binh (Binh Tam)

12:43 (3 hours ago)

54. Hoa tình

                

Nhất dạ phu thê, bách nhật ân

                                                      (Cổ thi)

     Xa nhau dằng dặc kiếp người

Hoa tình vẫn nở giữa trời nhớ thương

     Cùng luân lạc tới tình trường

Một đêm chồng vợ 

                        vấn vương cả đời... 

54. A Flower of Love 

                

Living together as a marital couple for one night, Ones’ love will last one hundred days

                                                      (Ancient poetry)

Though we live in separation for the human being’s long life

Our flower of love still opens in the remembrance sky 

Both drifted to the love field

Our love will last the whole life though we have lived together as a marital couple just for one night...

                        

55. Nhà tôi

Mái tôn một nếp đơn sơ

Có giàn thiên lí bên bờ tường hoa

     Có cây bưởi trái la đà

Vài ba chậu cảnh, đó là nhà tôi.

     Xưa kia đây đã là nơi

Thi nhân đến để cùng ngồi ngâm thơ

     Rồi ra bày đặt cuộc cờ

Nhâm nhi chén rượu mà chờ trăng lên...

     Ngỡ bình yên, chẳng bình yên !

Chuyện đời cơm áo gạo tiền phải lo

     Đành chia tay với bạn thơ

Tôi về với cảnh thân cò mò ao.

     Khi nao thoát kiếp ba đào

Đời tôi khỏi phải lao đao vì tiền

     Và tôi được sống bình yên

Bạn thơ lại đến đầy thềm như xưa ?

55. My House 

Covered with a simple steel-sheet roof

Under a trellis of fragrant cynanthe by the fence wall

Next to a pomelo tree full of fruit

And surrounded by bonsai pots is my house.

In the past, it was a place

For poets to gather and recite poetic lines

And then playing chess

While drinking a cup of wine to wait for the moon to rise...

Thinking that it was a peaceful life, but it was not peaceful at all !

I had to care for the material life of my own

So I resigned myself departing my poetic fellows

To come back to my status of a stork groping for food in a pond.

When will I get rid of the up-and-down state

So that I can be out of an anxiety caused by money

And I can live a comfortable life at peace

With my poetic fellows as before coming to my house fully ?

56. Thu về 

     Thu về cho lá vàng rơi

Gió se se lạnh, người ơi có buồn

     Tóc xanh vài sợi lại buông

Kiếp nhân sinh biết liệu còn bao lâu ?

     Cho lòng ta cứ buồn đau

Trăng sao xẻ nửa, người sao chân trời

     Thân sao chưa hợp thành đôi

Cho hồn cứ mộng, tình thời cứ xa... 

56. Autumn’s Return

Autumn is returnig for yellow leaves to fall down

My dear, do you feel sad in gusts of slightly cold wind

Some black hairs have already dropped now  

How long can our lives last, my darling ? 

So that my heart keeps on being melancholy

For the moon is still in two separate halves and you are in the remote horizon still

We haven’t been connected into a conjugal couple

And my soul still dreams of you while you are still far from me...

57. Anh và Em

Em tươi thắm như hoa trước gió

Anh ngẩn ngơ thành một gã khờ (!)

Em tha thướt như nhành liễu rủ

Anh thẫn thờ như kẻ đang mơ (!)

Em e ấp như trăng đầu tháng

Anh bồi hồi lạc nhịp con tim...

Em thanh khiết như sương buổi sáng

Anh ngốc ngây chỉ biết đứng nhìn ...

Em dịu dàng như bình minh đến

Anh tan hòa vào giữa mênh mông...

Em nồng nàn như trời trưa nắng

Anh ngất ngây như kẻ lên đồng ...

Em phì nhiêu bờ xôi ruộng mật

Anh mải mê quên cả lối về ...

Em xum xuê miệt vườn sây trái

Anh trọn đời lạc giữa xứ mê ...

57. You and I

You are as fresh and beautiful as a flower in the breeze

So that I have become as astounded as a lad in stupidity (!)

You are as graceful as a willow twig  

So that I am mooning about as a walker in sleep (!)

You are as shy as a new crescent

So that I fret in the heart’s wrong rhythm...

You are as pure as the early morning dew drops

So that I just know how to stand watching you like an idiot

You are as gentle as the dawn coming early

So that I am melted into immensity...

You are as ardent as the sunshine at noon

So that I feel as unsteady as a man falling into a trance soon...

You are as fertile as the alluvial field

So that I am absorbed in you and forget the way back home as you see...

You are as luxuriant as an orchard full of fruit

So that I get lost in the dream-land all my adulthood...

58. Tình em

Tình em sao nhẹ như mây

Chợt cơn gió thoảng đã bay mất rồi

Cho tôi bóng lẻ bên trời

Thương thân gánh nặng kiếp người long đong ...

Tình em sao nhẹ như bông

Trời vừa hanh đã phiêu bồng chốn nao

Cho tôi ứa giọt máu đào

Khi dòng nước mắt ngược vào trong tim...

Tình em nhẹ tựa cánh chim

Cành chưa động đã giật mình vụt bay

Cho tôi thương nhớ vơi đầy

Một thời tuổi trẻ nồng say men tình ...

Tình em như cánh lục bình

Mười hai bến nước nổi chìm nơi đâu

Cho tôi ruột thắt lòng đau

Khi em chẳng chịu nói câu đá vàng

Đôi ta một thuở lỡ làng

Đừng đo đắn mãi kẻo tàn cơn mơ

Lòng tôi là một bến chờ

Cho tình em mãi đậu bờ tim yêu ...

58. My Darling’s Love

Why is your love as light as a cloud, my honey

Which is easily swept away by a gust of breeze

So that I become lonely on the horizon

Compassionating myself under an unlucky-human-life burden…

Why is your love as light as cotton, my honey 

Which flies away whenever it is just hot and dry slightly

So that I have to shed my red blood 

When my tears run back into my heart…

Why is your love as light as a bird, my honey 

Which has soared in startles before the twig is touched by somebody

So that I have to miss day and night

My green years full of love energy

Your love is like the water hyacinth, my honey

Which is floating up and down somewhere among the twelve wharves

So that I have to suffer from pains patiently

When you keep on avoiding giving me an oath of love

We have experienced a long time of love interruption, my honey

Therefore, you shouldn’t ponder for a long time to let the dream perish completely

My heart is really an expectation wharf 

For your love to stay in it constantly…

Worship of Lord Shiva

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Worship of Lord Shiva by Ramesh Mukhopadhyaya
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1

Oh  Lord Come to us and stay here patiently



Be near us as long as we worship thee



We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





2

We offer you this seat made of gold and decked with diadems



Please take your seat which is studded with various gems



We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied  with our Holy Mother





3

I offer you the waters of  the Ganges which is clean and stainless

And which is associated with a plethora of perfumes

 

To wash  your lotus feet  Please accept. our offerings

( ...  

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





4

Oh Lord Shambhu! Here is a bouquet held in a vase of conchlet

Where  fragrant  flowers and sandalwood  and   unboiled rice are waiting

 to be hallowed by your gentle touch. Please accept it and be pleased 

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





5



Oh Lord of lords! Here is water perfumed with camphor

Water tasty and cool to wash your fair hands and face

 

Please accept it with grace

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





6

The fair sparkling waters of Mandaakini which dispels all depravity

And which caters bliss  are being given to thee

Please take your bath in this water  

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied  with our Holy Mother





7

We offer you milk gifted by the divine cow

which grants the wishes of the devotees

which is the life of life and which showers blessings here and now

which is offered in sacrifices. Please bathe in that ambrosia

We prostrate before Lord Siva  who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





8

Sweet and sour likening the moon beam  this yoghurt

Has sprung from the sea of milk. Please accept it

For your bath

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



9

Presently derived from the cream of the milk

This ghee do we offer which delights everyone

For you to bathe .

 We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





10

Born of the flowers, very tasty and sweet

This honey do we offer which greets with prowess and health

You bathe with that

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



11

Leaping forth from the essence of sugar cane

 the sugar gives us well-being and health

It cleanses the body. It is divine



Have this for your bathing



We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



12

I have brought the five nectars in milk

Yoghurt ghee honey and sugar

Take the water mingled with them together

And bathe

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



13



Gathered from the Malaya mountains this perfumed water

Is mingled with the fragrance of sandalwood and the red ochre

 of kumkum with which you could bathe. Please accept this

We prostrate before Lord Siva  who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



14



The water that is pure and divine

 that likens the water from the Ganges

I offer thee with all my ardour

For bathing with clean water

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





15

Please accept these clothes

That protect one from cold and heat

That protect one from wind and woes

And  deck ones body

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And bestow peace up on us

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





16

We offer you this sacred thread

Forged with fresh fibres

Which is associated with

 All the divinities and   the three gunas

Please take it

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



17



Sandalwood is precious to the goddess

Of Wealth and Beauty



 Its fragrance is pleasant

It is a pleasing ointment and skincare

Oh God of gods ! please accept this

We prostrate before Lord Siva  who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



18

We offer you unboiled rice

Decked with the crimson of kumkum

Please accept and bless us

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



 19

We have culled flowers such as Maalati

And woven garlands for you with piety

Please accept them Oh God of gods

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





20

The vilvapatra twig has three leaves

They stand for the three gunas

They are the three eyes of thee Oh Siva

They destroy the sins of three lifetimes

We offer it to thee Oh Lord Siva

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





21

We have brought the seedlings of  fresh and green durbaa grass

For worshipping thee

They shower well being and long life upon 

Oh Lord Please accept them

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



22

Take these apparels and ornaments

That are studded with rubies and pearls

And decked with cats eyes and emeralds

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



23

These many perfumes charged with heavenly fragrance 

We give thee with love and reverence

Please accept them

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





24

Please take these incenses

The fragrance of which

 are for gods to revel in

We prostrate before Lord Siva  who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



25

I  light the lamp laden with ghee and filament

It dispels  the darkness of the three worlds

Please accept it

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



26



Please accept the offering of the food

That consists of sweetmeat curds condensed milk

Butter and other delicacies

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



27

I give you water to wash your mouth and face

Please accept it.

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our holy Mother



28

This fruit Oh God I place before you

May I be crowned with success in the lives to come

We prostrate before Lord Siva  who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



29



I offer you betel leaf prepared with numerous spices

I  pray accept this

 

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





30

May this golden seed of Sun terminalia chebula

Which lies in the womb of the goden void

Which gives us boundless blessings

Grant us peace

We prostrate before Lord Siva  who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





31



Camphor has been lit

With that we show you light

And illuminate your graceful appearance

Look at me and grant me boons

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother





32



I circumambulate you

And may every step of mine annihilate

Whatever sins I have committed

In the myriads of my earlier births

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



33

 Kindly accept this offering of flowers of the hymns

Soaked and saturated with heart felt love and devotion

 

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



34

You are the cause of  that which holds the world

I  worship you for the well lbeing  of 

I prostrate before you  with all my heart

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother



35

Neither do I know the prayers

Nor do I know the rites and rituals

Nor do I have the unwavering devo 

May you Oh God fill up the gaps in my worshipping thee

We prostrate before Lord Siva who is accompanied with our Holy Mother

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49. Đôi bàn tay ai

Đôi bàn tay ai trẻ thơ

Lành hiền như đôi bướm trắng

Đậu xuống đời ta bao giờ

Đến nay vẫn còn vương phấn...

Đôi bàn tay ai thiếu nữ

Mười ngón thon thon nuột nà

- Mười cánh hoa lan hé nở

Tỏa hương lên bài thơ ta...

Đôi bàn tay ai trong mơ

Dịu dàng tỏa ngàn tia nắng

Sưởi ấm lòng ta trống vắng

Cho ta khi tỉnh thẫn thờ...

Đôi bàn tay ai bây giờ

Ngón gầy, vết chai nhiều quá

Hôn lên, ta mới sững sờ

Trách mình vô tâm đến lạ !

Đôi bàn tay ấy – tay em

Che anh khoảng trời bình yên...

49. Whose Pair of Hands

Whose pair of hands look like an innocent child’s

Which are as good-natured as a pair of white butterflies

Onto my life whenever have they perched

So that up to now their powder is still left...

Whose pair of hands look like a young girl’s

With ten fingers tapering, fair and glossy

- Ten in-slight-bloom orchid petals

Spreading their fragrance onto my poetry

Whose pair of hands are in my dreams

Gently emitting thousands of sunbeams

To warm my heart whenever it is lonely

So that when waking up I feel melancholy...

Whose pair of hands are at present

Thin and full of corns

Only when kissing them can I get stupefied

So that I have to blame for the indifference of mine !

Those pair of hands are yours, lassie

Hiding a peaceful sky space for me...

50. Phút chia xa

Em chưa đi, nửa mình anh đã lạnh

Nụ cười buồn héo rụng cuối sân ga

Tim hốt hoảng đập dồn nơi đáy ngực

Khi còi tàu hú gọi phía xa xa...

50. The Moment of Farewell

Half of my body are cold even when you haven’t departed yet

The sad smile has faded and dropped down at the end of the station platform

The heart beats hard in panic at the bottom of the chest

When the train-whistle is echoing from the distant zone...

51. Về đi em

     Về đi, em hãy về đi

Bến xưa vẫn đó, trăng thề còn đây

     Và anh thương nhớ đã đầy

Đêm đêm khắc khoải đợi ngày đón em...

     Đường về, còn nhớ hay quên

Lối xưa hoa lá xõa mềm bờ vai

     Bóng ai trong nắng đổ dài

Giật mình lại ngỡ bóng người năm xưa !

     Cái thời khăn gói gió đưa

Đa đoan duyên nợ, em vừa đôi mươi

     Qua bao bươn chải xứ người

Em còn giữ được nụ cười vẹn nguyên ?

     Về đi em nhé, đừng quên

Mẹ già tựa cửa đêm đêm ngóng chờ

     Đợi em trăng cũng ngẩn ngơ

Mây ngừng trôi, gió cũng vừa thôi bay...

     Người anh yêu hỡi, có hay

Tình quê hương thật nặng đầy, đó em !

51. Come Back Now, Darling

Come back, come back now, darling

Our old wharf and moon of oath are still here

And my remembrance of you have been full

So that every night I wait for your coming like a cat on hot bricks...

    

Do you still remember the way back or have forgotten it

Our old path is now full of flowers and leaves touching my shoulder sides

Sometimes I get startled as if I saw the former girl’s image !

When someone’s shadow is prolonged in the sunshine

I remember a windy day you departed in the past

You were just twenty years old with a love burden

Do you still keep your smile intact

After experiencing  lots of ups and downs on a strange land ?

Please, come back, don’t forget to come back

Your old mother still waits for you every night, darling

Waiting for you, the moon is also astounded

The clouds stop drifting and the wind also stops flying...

    

Oh, my darling, do you understand that

The love of our native land is very profound and vast !

52. Vợ chồng Ngâu

   

      Một thời xưa thật là xưa

Có nàng Chức Nữ tuổi vừa đôi mươi

     Là tiên sống ở trên trời

Một hôm buồn quá xuống chơi cõi trần.

     Dựng lều bên bến sông Ngân

Là chàng trai trẻ mình trần khố dây

     Mẹ cha mất đã lâu ngày

Một mình thui thủi biết ai bạn cùng

     Một hôm sau buổi làm đồng

Chàng dong trâu xuống bến sông vẫy vùng

     Bỗng trông thấy một bóng hồng

Tung tăng bơi lội giữa dòng Ngân giang

     Áo xiêm nàng trút vội vàng

Bên bờ sông vắng khiến chàng động tâm

     Tình trai gái bỗng nảy mầm

Chàng bèn lấy cánh tiên mang về nhà

     Lên bờ, nàng Chức nhận ra

Cánh tiên đã bị chàng ta giấu rồi

     Buồn cho kiếp sống trên trời

Nàng xin ở lại cùng người kết duyên.

     Ngỡ rằng được sống ấm êm

Bên con thơ với chồng hiền trăm năm

     Ngờ đâu sấm sét ầm ầm

Thiên lôi xuống bắt nàng mang về trời !

     Mỗi năm chỉ một lần thôi

Chàng trai được gặp lại người vợ xưa

Nhớ thương khóc mấy cho vừa

Nên trần gian mới biết mùa mưa Ngâu

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     Nghiệp duyên nào tránh được đâu

Chàng trai thuở ấy hóa vào thân tôi

     Và nàng tiên phải về trời

Kiếp xưa em đó, hỡi người tôi yêu !

     Nên ta cứ nhớ thương nhiều

Và mưa cứ đổ những chiều nổi giông...

52. Niu Lang and His Wife

Once upon a time

There was a girl of twenty and Zhi Nu was her name

Who was a fairy living in Heaven

One day she was so bored that she flew down to visit the human beings’ land.

Erecting a hut by the river Ngan* to live

Was a lad having a string loin-cloth as his dress

His parents had been deceased for a long time

So he had to live alone without any friend

One day, after working on the field

He led his buffalo to the river wharf for a bath

Suddenly he saw a lassie

In the middle of the river Ngan swimming sometimes slowly and sometimes fast

She had put off her dress in a hurry

On the deserted river bank so that he had his heart agitated

The love sprang up in him suddenly

So that he took her fairy wings home and hid

When stepping ashore, Zhi Nu found out that

Her fairy wings had been taken away by the lad

Tired of a heavenly fairy’s life

She asked to stay with him as his wife.

Thinking that she could live peacefully

All her life with her good husband and baby

She didn’t know that in a thunderstorm awful and sudden

The Thunderer flew down and took her back to Heaven !

The lad was allowed to meet his better half

Only once a year after that moment

They cried for remembrance and love so much that

The human beings could know about the Ngau** rainy season.

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Nobody can escape from his predestined affinity

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