in memory, a poem by david lan pham
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in memory
by david lan pham
I bow my head in memory
Of the proud soldiers,
The patriots
And those who were fallen
How glorious and courageous
The soldiers were!
They died for their homeland
Without either statue or tombstone.
Listening to the call of their rivers and mountains
Enthusiastically they started their departure,
Leaving their comfortable life behind,
Throwing away their golden age
To accept any hardship,
Imprisonment and banishment,
Dance in the smoke of cannons,
And make friends with thorny life.
They embellished their rivers and mountains
With their bones and blood
Without regret
For their die for their country's survival.
They didn't live for their own life
But for their posterity,
Their homeland's peace and glory,
Their Vietnamese people,
Their happiness,
Their country's peace,
Justice for mankind,
The eternal truth,
The torch of conscience
Enlightening all the peoples in the world.
They were fallen with the smiles
In the abandoned graves,
In the virgin jungles and dark mountains,
Along certain paths of our country.
Their souls stay here,
In the wind and smoke of incense
In the musical sounds of requiem
And the farewell bell ring.
Adieu! Dear patriots!
In memory of you all
Who were fallen
For the sake of our country's glory.
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DAVID LAN PHAM, F.A.B.I.
(photo: internet)
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" Adieu! Dear patriots/ In memory of you all ..."
(photo by René Burri [1933- ] )
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