chแบกy xe trรชn ฤ‘ฦฐแปng Lแบกc Long Quรขn

ฤ‘i qua rแปฑc trแปi xuรขn sแบฏc
xem ngฦฐแปi bแบฏn ฤ‘แบฏt mua may
dแปญng dฦฐng nhฦฐ cรขu ฤ‘รนa nhแบกt
trรชn ฤ‘ฦฐแปng vแป ฤ‘รณ ฤ‘i ฤ‘รขy

dแบฃi ฤ‘รจn giฤƒng trรชn ngแปn cรขy
cร nh ฤ‘ร o vแบฏt ngang lแป‘i phแป‘
vแปฅt qua mร  quรชn nแป—i nhแป›
nฦกi ฤ‘รขy tแปซng lร  mong chแป

giแป chแป‰ cรฒn mแป—i thแป ฦก
trฦฐแป›c mแบทt hแป“ mแป trแบฏng bแปฅi
sแบฏm sanh cลฉng lร  hฦกi vแป™i
khi ngร y quรก buแป•i tan ca

chแบณng nghฤฉ mua bรณ mรนi giร 
chแบณng buแป“n cแบฅt lแปi hoa lรก
ฤ‘แป xanh rแบฝ vแป mแบฅy ngแบฃ
lแป‘i nร o cลฉng lร  vแป nhร 

vแป cho cรกi mแป‡t tan ra
vแป qua mฦฐแปi ba cรขy sแป‘
cรขy hoa bแป‘ mua vแปซa nแปŸ
chแบณng cแบงn lรชn Lแบกc Long Quรขn

Hร  Nแป™i, 2/2024

on graduation

when once lunch pals gather in the grand auditorium
and the tutor waves and smiles from the stage
we laugh at the jokes of the old man on the podium
and grin even wider as we celebrate

when academic stress becomes anxiety about walking the stage
and cameras are no longer for assignments, just for the feed
we did great, and will now turn the page
people will know that we care, as life’s adventures greet

when home becomes just another moldy room for rent
and people continents away become home
across the oceans, love and wisdom are sent
the echoes of laughter find us wherever we may roam

when “let’s meet this weekend” becomes “remember when”
and “see ya tomorrow” becomes “may our paths cross again”
our time here ended right where it was meant
but it’s the company that made it all not vain

Brighton-Hร  Nแป™i, 1/2024

nแบฏng mฦฐa

nแบฟu ngร y mai hแปญng nแบฏng
thรฌ ฤ‘em buแป“n ra phฦกi
chuyแป‡n แบฉm ฦฐฦกng: thแปงng thแบณng
bay lรชn thร nh mรขy trแปi

nแบฟu mai trแปi ฤ‘แป• mฦฐa
thรฌ giแบญn hแปn trรดi tuแป™t
vแบฏt trรกi tim sลฉng nฦฐแป›c
ra nhแปฏng lแปi mฦฐแป›t xanh

nแบฟu gแบทp anh ngร y nแบฏng
hong ฤ‘ฦฐแปฃc tiแบฟng cฦฐแปi giรฒn
thร nh chuyแป‡n vui แบฅm sรกng
trรชn ฤ‘ฦฐแปng xe bon bon

nแบฟu gแบทp anh ngร y mฦฐa
khรดng cแบงn che mแบฏt ฦฐแป›t
thแปฉc lรฒng mร  biแบฟt ฤ‘ฦฐแปฃc
thแบฅm giแปt nร o rung rinh

nแบฟu gแบทp anh hรดm nay
vร  nhแปฏng ngร y sau khรกc
chuyแป‡n yรชu kแปƒ cลฉng dร i
khรดng phแบฃi ฤ‘iแปu chแป‘c lรกt

nแบฏng mฦฐa thรฌ cลฉ mรจm
ฤ‘รฃ xฦฐa nhฦฐ trรกi ฤ‘แบฅt
yรชu ฤ‘ฦฐฦกng, dรน hฦกi vแบฅt
mแป—i ngร y lแบกi mแป›i thรชm

Hร  Nแป™i, 1/2024

tiแป‡c mแปซng (my Vietnamese translation of Depression loves to party too)

lร  ngฦฐแปi bแบกn luรดn cฦฐแปi sau lร n khรณi
ngฦฐแปi khแปŸi xฦฐแป›ng nhแปฏng tiแป‡c tรนng miรชn man
cuแป‘n mรฌnh theo vลฉ ฤ‘iแป‡u gแป‘i chฤƒn
nhรฌn ฤ‘รชm xuแป‘ng trong vรฒng tay xa khรกc
ngแบฅu nghiแบฟn xem cuแป‘n phim khรดng rแปi mแบฏt
khรดng cแบงn giแบฅc ngแปง sรขu ru lแบฅy mรฌnh
chแบกy thแบญt xa khแปi rร ng buแป™c thฦฐแปng tรฌnh
chแบณng แปŸ lรขu vแป›i giแบฅy tแป nhiแป‡m sแปŸ

lร  thแบญt nhiแปu cuแป™c vui chรกy rแปก
nhแบฅn chรฌm mรฌnh vร o nhแปฏng cฦกn say
u mรช trong แบฃo แบฃnh dร i ngร y
cแปงa mแป™t thแปฑc tแบกi khรดng cแบงn ai bแบฃo chแปฉng
thแปฑc tแบกi xรขy nhแป dแป‘i gian tung hแปฉng
tแปฑ huyแป…n mรฌnh ฤ‘แบฟn quรชn cแบฃ lฤƒn tฤƒn
niแปm hรขn hoan cลฉng lร  vแป bแปc
khoรกc lรชn mรฌnh cho ฤ‘แปง mแป™t dung nhan

chแบณng phแบฃi luรดn lร  ngแปง mแป‡t mรช man
hay cฤƒn phรฒng hoang tร n khรดng xแบฟp dแปn
cฤƒn bแป‡nh trแบงm kha, ฤ‘รดi khi thฦฐแปng lแปฑa chแปn
mแปŸ tiแป‡c mแปซng nhแปฏng trแป‘ng rแป—ng ngแป™n ฤ‘แบงy

Vรด tรฌnh gแบทp mแป™t bร i thฦก rแบฅt lร  viral mแบกng xรฃ hแป™i, hรฌnh thแปฉc thรฌ bรฌnh thฦฐแปng thรดi nhฦฐng nแป™i dung thรฌ chแบฏc cลฉng cแบงn ฤ‘ฦฐแปฃc tiแบฟp lแปi.

ฤรขy lร  bแบฃn gแป‘c, Depression loves to party too cแปงa Michael Tavon.

Hร  Nแป™i, 1/2024

cho mรฌnh thฦฐฦกng bรฌnh thฦฐแปng

lรบc anh say sฦฐa nhแบฅt
lร  cuแป™c vui khรดng em
nhแปฏng khรณc cฦฐแปi tha thiแบฟt
em chฦฐa tแปซng ฤ‘ฦฐแปฃc xem

sao trแปi khรดng thแบฏp lรชn
rแปฑc rแปก khi mรฌnh gแบทp
lรฒng khรดng dแบกo khรบc nhแบกc
nhแบฏc mรฌnh ฤ‘ang tฦฐฦกng tฦฐ

em viแบฟt bแป‘n tแป thฦฐ
toร n ฦฐu tฦฐ phiแปn muแป™n
gแปญi mรดi hรดn luแป‘ng cuแป‘ng
lแบกc mแบฅt khi ngฦฐแปฃc ฤ‘ฦฐแปng

dฦฐแป›i vแบงng mรขy แบฉm ฦฐฦกng
cแปงa nhแปฏng ngร y hรฒ hแบนn
em gแปฅc ฤ‘แบงu len lรฉn
trรชn vai anh rรกp thรด

trong tay anh nแปฉt khรด
lร  tรฌnh yรชu rรณn rรฉn
chแบณng cรณ lแปi trรฌu mแบฟn
ฤ‘แปƒ biแบฟt thฦฐฦกng nhฦฐแปng nร o

vแบซn tรชn em cuแป‘i cรขu
sau nhแปฏng lแบงn kแปƒ chuyแป‡n
yรชu lร  cรขu ฤ‘iแปu kiแป‡n
em ฤ‘แปฉng แปŸ vแบฟ sau

anh thฦฐฦกng tแปซ vแบฟt ฤ‘au
em thฦฐฦกng bแบฑng hiแป‡n hแปฏu
cuแป™c vui cลฉng qua mau
lแบฅy gรฌ xoa lรฒng trฤฉu
em dร nh lแปi mรกt dแป‹u
cho mรฌnh thฦฐฦกng, bรฌnh thฦฐแปng

Hร  Nแป™i, 12/2023

ba nฤƒm

ngฦฐแปi ta hแปi em thแบฅy mรฌnh แปŸ ฤ‘รขu
trong vรฒng ba nฤƒm nแปฏa

em mแบฃi vui chuyแป‡n tแบงm phร o cฦกm bแปฏa
dแบกi gรฌ ฤ‘รขu mร  toan tรญnh dรดng dร i
em ฤ‘i thรชm mแป—i nhแป‹p uรช oร i
lร  ba nฤƒm ฤ‘รฃ gแบงn hฦกn mแป™t chรบt

ฤ‘oแบกn ฤ‘ฦฐแปng chแบกy xe hแบฟt ba mฦฐฦกi phรบt
cแบงn ba nฤƒm ฤ‘แปƒ thuแป™c tแปซng แป• gร 
khi thแบฃn nhiรชn vรญt ga vun vรบt
vแบซn chแปซa cho mรฌnh mแป™t lแป‘i ra

ฤ‘i qua bao nhiรชu cuแป™c ฦกi ร 
vร  bฦฐแป›c ra ฤ‘แบงy mรฌnh ngแบกo nghแป…
cรณ nhแปฏng ฤ‘iแปu nรณi ra thรฌ dแป…
chแป‰ cแบงn nhiแปu nฤƒm ฤ‘แปƒ biแบฟt mรฌnh khรดng sai

thรชm bao lแบงn lรฝ tฦฐแปŸng miแป‡t mร i
xuแบฅt phรกt lแบกi mแป™t khแปŸi ฤ‘แบงu ฤ‘รฃ cลฉ
ba nฤƒm cho nhแปฏng ฤ‘แบฃo ฤ‘iรชn vแบงn vลฉ
ฤ‘แบฟn phen nร y cลฉng bแป›t liรชu xiรชu

mรฌnh cรฒn nhiแปu lแบงn ba nฤƒm ฤ‘แปƒ yรชu
ฤ‘แปƒ nhแป› nhau khi nghe tim vแบฏng
ฤ‘แปƒ ngแบฃ ฤ‘แบงu mแป—i chiแปu vร ng nแบฏng
biแบฟt chแบฏc rแบฑng tay cรฒn gแปn trong tay

cแบงn ba nฤƒm ฤ‘แปƒ ฤ‘แบฟn ฤ‘ฦฐแปฃc ฤ‘รขy
ba nฤƒm nแปฏa, khรดng mong mรฌnh trแป‘n chแบกy

Hร  Nแป™i, 12/2023

hรกt cho anh

khi bร n tay khรดng cรฒn nแบฏm bร n tay khรกc
lแบกi tรฌm vแป mแป™t khรบc nhแบกc quen

giai ฤ‘iแป‡u vang lรชn nฦกi ngรฃ tฦฐ khรดng ฤ‘รจn
nghe tรฌnh len trong lรฒng nao nแปฉc
lแบฅp chแป— trแป‘ng phรญa sau, mแป›i mฦฐฦกi phรบt trฦฐแป›c
vแบซn cรฒn ฤ‘แบงy nhแปฏng rรญu rรญt say sฦฐa

ta hรกt mรฃi vแป nhแปฏng ฤ‘รณn ฤ‘ฦฐa
mร  quรชn mแบฅt lแปi bรฌnh thฦฐแปng giแปฏa ฤ‘รกm ฤ‘รดng tฤฉnh lแบทng
nแบฟu bร i ca nร o cลฉng mang dร nh tแบทng
cรฒn lแบกi gรฌ gรต nhแป‹p lรฒng mรฌnh?

nhแป‹p phรกch dแป“n chรขn bฦฐแป›c ฤ‘inh ninh
nhแบกc phรกt vang, cแบฃ khi lรฒng nghiรชng ngแบฃ
ฤ‘oแบกn ฤ‘ฦฐแปng nร y cรณ lรบc mแป mแป‹t quรก
cรณ ai khรดng? hรกt hแป™ mแป™t cรขu thรดi

mร  vui sao, vแบซn ฤ‘แป“ng ฤ‘iแป‡u cแบฅt lแปi
bร i hรกt khรดng phแบฃi lรบc nร o cลฉng รกm mรนi khรณi thuแป‘c
khรดng nhแบฏc nhiแปu nhแปฏng cรขu hแบนn ฦฐแป›c
mร  lแปi nร o cลฉng rแบกo rแปฑc mรฃi sau

Hร  Nแป™i, 11/2023

would you like some chai?

the bubbling milk foam embraces
the soft scent of a new day
my legs curled up under the duvet
hands clasping the rising smoke

the silence of unspoken words
steeped in the chai’s pleasing flow
hassle might face us tomorrow
but for now, still here we sit down

with a spoonful of sweetness
in a cup of no worries
words of love, like an old tale
and chai, a smooth warm hug

smoke swirls around the mug
as do your lips, around mine
we brew tea, and light the cigarette’s glow
as the day gently unfolds

Hร  Nแป™i, 10/2023
–
this piece was originally written in Vietnamese

uแป‘ng trร  nhรฉ?

tแปซ bแปt sแปฏa lฤƒn tฤƒn
quyแป‡n hฦฐฦกng thฦกm ngร y mแป›i
chรขn cuแป™n trรฒn dฦฐแป›i chฤƒn
tay แบฅp รดm lร n khรณi

nhแปฏng ฤ‘iแปu chฦฐa kแป‹p nรณi
ฤ‘แบทt trong cแป‘c trร  ฤ‘รขy
dแบซu tแบฅt bแบญt hรดm mai
cรฒn lรบc nร y – ngแป“i xuแป‘ng

cรฒn ngแปt ngร o ฤ‘แบงy muแป—ng
cรฒn nguyรชn chรฉn vรด tฦฐ
lแปi thฦฐฦกng tแปซ lรบc xฦฐa
thฦกm vแป‹ trร  แบฅm sแปฑc

khรณi quแบฅn quanh miแป‡ng cแป‘c
mรดi anh quแบฅn lแบฅy em
pha trร , rแป“i chรขm thuแป‘c
vร  ngร y lแบกi trรดi รชm

Hร  Nแป™i, 10/2023

biแบฟt ฦกn nhแปฏng thแบฃnh thฦกi nร y

cuแป™c vui khรดng ฤ‘แปฃi ฤ‘แบฟn cuแป‘i tuแบงn
bแปŸi hรดm nร o cลฉng lร  chแปง nhแบญt
tay vรญt ga chแบณng lรบc phรขn vรขn
vรฒng bรกnh xe cลฉng quรชn ngร y tแบฅt bแบญt

trรชn nhแปฏng ฤ‘oแบกn ฤ‘ฦฐแปng mรดng lung nhแบฅt
nghe trong lรฒng vแบซn hรกt khรบc tแปƒnh tรชnh
dรน tim mแปi, dรน chรขn bฦฐแป›c chรชnh vรชnh
dฦฐแป›i รกnh sรกng cแปงa mแบทt trแปi mรฉo mรณ

ฤ‘แป•i nhแปฏng lรบc sแป›m khuya lแป mแป
lแบฅy cฦกn mรช man ฤ‘แบฟn giแปฏa ngร y
say sฦฐa nhแปฏng buแป“n vui lแปก cแปก
chแบณng ฤ‘แปฃi ai ฤ‘o dแบฅu vรขn tay

dแบซu hรดm nay thร nh tแปฑu chแบณng ฤ‘แบฟn ngay
chแบทng phiรชu lฦฐu vแบซn cรฒn dร i trฦฐแป›c mแบฏt
lแบกi ฤ‘i tiแบฟp, khi cรฒn chฦฐa quรชn mแบฅt
lแปi biแบฟt ฦกn nhแปฏng thแบฃnh thฦกi nร y

Hร  Nแป™i, 9/2023