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Xuân Diệu Quotes

1916–1985 Vietnam

Ngô Xuân Diệu (February 2, 1916 – December 18, 1985), more commonly known by the pen name Xuân Diệu, was a prominent Vietnamese poet. A colossal figure in modern Vietnamese literature, he wrote about 450 poems (largely in posthumous manuscripts) especially love poems, several short stories, and many notes, essays, and literary criticisms.

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To be a poet is to be lulled by the wind,
To follow the moon in dreams, and drift with the clouds.

At break of day I feel as if I'm clasping a bouquet of smiling flowers
But the wind of time does not cease blowing
And the hours wilt like falling petals.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Xuân Diệu (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.