Sand and dust - Trinh Cong Son

Grain of dust, morphed into me
Let my being one day rise and blossom
O wonders, sand and dust!
Let the sun shine through a rambling life

Grain of dust, morphed into me
Let me one day return unto
So worn out sand and dust
As the beat goes on, infinite

Years into a human life, in the blink
Of an afternoon, the hair turn white
High above, fading leaves fall out
As hundred years enter death, in a single day

Which passing sun has lit up my heart
In which love is eroding to gravels
Face hidden, as sorrow raises
Each passing day I await bliss

Forest of thinly leafed trees
From the abyss I heard the call
O this fate, sand and dust,
An inkdrop was erased, in oblivion.

translated by Vân Mai
01/05/2005

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