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Hanoi
In the rearview mirror, I look if I perceive you,
Hanoi, Hanoi, I remember
Your face, your flavor, your streets too.
I watch you crossing, I'm with you
Hanoi, Hanoi, you hold me
Your typhoons cry
Your heroes die
The rain tumbles.
Around the lake I hear
Noises that reason,
Motorcycles waves.
Which is this other person?
Your heart honking
Under your eyes, squatting
Around the lake there is
A bubbling world.
In front of me a picture,
Lovers are questioning
And my voice hums
I’ll see you again.
In the moist heat on your sidewalks,
Hanoi, Hanoi, you show me
Your smile, your life outside, your colors too.
Under the electric jungle I lose my way,
Hanoi, Hanoi, I belong to you.
On the green water
Your puppets
Dance another life.
Around the lake I hear
Noises that reason,
Motorcycles waves.
Which is this other person?
Your heart honking
Under your eyes, squatting
Around the lake there is
A bubbling world.
In front of me a picture,
Lovers are questioning
And my voice hums
I’ll see you again.
In the rearview mirror, I look if I perceive you,
Hanoi, Hanoi, so far from me.
The bike, the moon flower and me in Paris,
Hanoi, Hanoi.
Valeriu Raut
Kỳ-Nam Nguyễn✕
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