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  Thơ Song Ngữ - 
		Bilingual Poem 
						- Tác Giả: Xuân Thi 
						   
												
	
		
			
			
	
		
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									A Mother's Love 
											
									 
									I am raising you, my child,
											 
											among the Kansas wheat fields, 
											With a smile but I feel so lonely 
											and empty inside. 
											Carrying you on my shoulder brings 
											me warmth, 
									Under the full moon shining light on the 
									grass,  
									full of  the autumn dew. 
											 
									I hear the sounds of my footsteps 
											echoing in 
									the empty streets. 
									My shadow is tottering everywhere. | 
											
											
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									At the age of twenty eight, I witnessed my 
									love betrayed. 
									Under the dim light, I felt an immensely 
									painful anguish 
									 
									Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... I sew 
									pieces of my heart. 
									To form my love beside you, my beloved 
									children. 
									As time goes by, I look on  the deceitful 
									passion. 
									Feeling the cold wind in my deserted heart. 
									 
									Standing in the middle of the night, with 
									bitterness, 
									I heard the deceitful words of a man who's 
									lost his soul. 
									From then on every day after dawn, 
									I've swallowed the bitter pills brought on 
									One by one with a gulp of water 
									 
									My life goes on with a chain of exhausting 
									days 
									I laugh  a 
									crisp laugh of a widow long ago 
									Oh! My love, after years of swallowing my 
									tears. 
									I still keep silent 
									
									'cause I love my children 
									so'! | 
								 
							 
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