A Poem

 Translated by Tran Duc Pho

A POEM

 

A poem is a bunch of words

Written on paper or screen.

It’s understandable or mysterious,

Conveying either reality or metaphysics 

 

A poems is a math puzzle

Needed a kind heart to solve.

It has one or more answers

Between lines waiting for finders

 

A poem is a princess

Sleeping in the deep forest,

Missing the prince's loving kiss

She will never be awake.

 

A poem is a ray of sunshine

That flashes into the darkness

Of the soul which suddenly being bright

According to the meaning of its rhymes and themes.

 

From the original Vienamese poem “Bài Thơ” written by Trần Đức Phổ

 

11.12.2023