We look to find each other but cannot— we only see those gr… - Đặng Trần Côn

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We look to find each other but cannot—
we only see those green mulberry groves.
Mulberry groves all share one shade of green—
of your own grief and mine, which hurts the more?

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Đặng Trần Côn (Chinese: 鄧陳琨; born Trần Côn; c.1710–1745) was the author of the Chinh phụ ngâm, a masterpiece of chữ Hán literature of Vietnam.

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Alternative Names: Trần Côn Đặng

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Born to a race of heroes, you, my love,
discard your brush and ink for tools of war.
You vow to capture citadels for the throne—
your sword will spare no foe of Heaven's sway.

When all through earth and heaven dust storms rise,
how hard and rough, the road a woman walks!
O those who rule in yonder blue above,
who is the cause and maker of this woe?

Những mong cá nước vui vầy,
Ai ngờ đôi ngả nước mây cách vời.

We look to find each other but cannot— we only see those green mulberry groves. Mulberry groves all share one shade of green— of your own grief and m… - Đặng Trần Côn

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