When all through earth and heaven dust storms rise, how har… - Đặng Trần Côn

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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?

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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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Your mother waits, heart-weary, at the door.
Your child in hunger cries for its chewed rice.
I feed your mother, serving as her son,
and like a father teach your child to read.

Thuở lâm hành oanh chưa mến liễu,
Hỏi ngày về, ước nẻo quyên ca.
Nay quyên đã giục, oanh già,
Ý nhi lại gáy trước nhà líu lo.

Sứ trời sớm giục đường mây,
Phép công là trọng, niềm tây sá nào.

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