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The sun has spurned his flower and let her wilt.
The flower's wilted, as the sun won't shine.
Wilted, she drops her petals by the wall—
I've often watched them drop on dew-cold nights.

— Đặng Trần Côn

Bóng dương để hoa vàng chẳng đoái,
Hoa để vàng vì tại bóng dương.
Hoa vàng hoa rụng quanh tường,
Trải xem hoa rụng đêm sương mấy lần.

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At daybreak, heralds speed them through the mists—
the law outweighs what they may feel inside.

I see you off and sorrow—Oh, to be
your horse on land, your vessel on the stream!

Serve well your country with a true-red heart.
Defend your people with an iron will.

To silver may age never turn your hair!
And may I ever keep the looks of youth!

Winds howl and howl at ghosts of those war's killed—
on soldiers' faces shines the stalking moon.
O men, alive or dead, has anyone
portrayed your faces or invoked your souls?

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