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Bamboo!
Stretched out along the Vietnam countryside The bamboo, dark, green, immense Swingings to the air, floating in the evening winds Like the silky hair of a young girl.
Together we shared the happyness of growing Day by day up till now. Her song sang me to sleep. And it is in my heart still
Then came the evil war My beloved country was drowned in blood. The war desolated her beauty, Only ashes remain, nothing survived.
She lost man friends; But you, bamboo, did not leave the country. You held tight to the land, You lived through the storm You keep Vietnam green still.
I see you again in my memory Bamboo! My childhood friend How should I ever forget? I am so sorry that I left you!
T.A. Nguyen March 16, 1983 To all the one I left behind!
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