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Je pince la guitare De mes doigts caleux On dit que jouer de la guitare rend le coeur malade   Je regarde la chambre eclairee par une lampe rouge quatre metres carres Trois femmes d’une vingtaine d’annees   L’une git...

On tourne le dos et c’est… la nuit On tourne le dos et c’est… la nuit On tourne le dos et c’est… la nuit On tourne le dos et c’est… la nuit On tourne le dos et c’est… la nuit...

Couper la nuit en petits morceaux, Puis la re-coudre avec mes cheveux. Mes cheveux deviennent de plus en plus rares, Laissant des lignes spectrales qui m’emmeønent de nuits en nuits Jusqu’aø ce que ma teâte devienne chauve.   Couper le...

Attrappe la nuit, Emprisonne la dans la boite aux grillons Pourqu’elle chante.   Chante, chante Jusqu’au ciel bleu, bleu.     Ly Hoang Ly Traducteur: HA, Hai Chau NdT: Dans la version originale, “gaùy” fait allusion aux grillons qui “chantent”...

Un hamburger Deux hamburger Trois hamburger Triste, aø cause du hamburger Joyeux, graâce au hamburger Ennuyeù, aø cause du hamburger Fatigueù du hamburger Embeâteù par le hamburger Agaceù par le hamburger Enrageù par le hamburger Jette le hamburger   L’homme...

Je m’enferme dans un sac noir Tout le monde ne peut me voir Je cherche la sensation qu’on a quand son souffle s’eùpuise sans que personne s’en apperçoit   Le sac empli d’un souflle tendu Deùgage quelle odeur quand il...

(upon the Mekong River, obsessed by the war news)   Me me kong kong Me me me me me me     kong     kong Me me me he e he me he    kong    kong    kong Me kong     me kong     me kong  ...

Turn round it’s the night Turn round it’s the night Turn round it’s the night Turn round it’s the night Turn round it’s the night See the night only when the soul sees the night See the night only when...

The night detaches itself from me Mutely a piece of bark falls into the grass The wind soars up in the sky   What’s strange in tonight’s rain The falling bark never gets the ground   A girl lights a...

In the night flooded with light Inside the room Keeping awake The blanket creeps over the chest Go to bed Let’s Greyish white is the blank *** Oh, night sleepers That bring love To bed *** Would you continue to...

The train runs rhythmically through the night The wheels sound like the hooves of horses Night spreads out thickly around the train a breathing animal   Parallel rails Pull me through the night I want to know: How many miles...

What for pagoda’s pillars What for moss-covered tiles The neatly arranged tiles Watching the clouds passing overhead I wonder: What for pagoda’s pillars What for moss-covered tiles To let the clouds pass hesitatingly And my mind is sinking in the...

Dedicated to Mr. PTH   I dream I’ve a beautiful pair of wings made of pellucid silk kind of dreamy silk as transparent as when you look deep into my eyes   Night falls the clear and bright silk threads...

Dedicated to P.C   So I kept on proceeding on my way. Leaning against my friend’s shoulder I muttered a song And listened to my friend singing The singing seemed to be far away Stars are also very far off...

Blurred photocopied portraits are pasted pel-mell on the wall Recording the diversified looks of a same physiognomy: Laughing-weeping-angered-happy-loving-lost-suffering-blissful et cetera… Life is neatly wrapped up within four walls Onto them the sun splashes the night shines the rain lashes and...

Dedicated to house # 14 The finely carved chairs are covered with tattered velvet For years the fireplace remains as cold as marble White marble is clogged with black dirt The woman dressed in her white tunic sits cross-legged On...

The pack – horses whinny recklessly into the night wind The echoes color the night of Bac Ha* The horses beat their hooves against the road in the mild mountain air The sound of horses breaks the night Breaks the...