Mountain Music by Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh

 

Mountain Music

 

Finding the way into the mountain,

Wandering like a little dove,

Forgetting the grey-brown wings,

 

Flower petals falling on the cool rock,

Willing to shed everything to lie down,

Watching the sky sprinkle on the mountain's body,

Soft clouds as stalactite smoke,

 

The flower has been sleeping for a long time on the rock's chest,

Gently moving in a dream,

Wearing a different colored dress,

Covering the cracked rock,

 

Old stories still leave fragrance in my hair,

Whispering of fingers,

Writing on the rock face,

Washing away the rock heart,

Falling leaves stirring,

Hugging myself full of love,

 

The sound of guzheng vibrates gently in the wind,

The lover couple like as thin silk entwined…

 

Biography

Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh, born in 1991, is a poetess and literary translator who now lives in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Hanoi National Economic University. She was awarded “The Gold Moon of 6-8 poetry Prize,” the highest prize given by The Elder Newspaper and Website lucbat.com (co-organizer), under the auspices of Vietnamese Fatherland Front Central Committee and Buddisht Sangha of Vietnam. She won the Second Prize in a poetry contest awarded by “Văn nghệ quân đội” literary magazine for the years of 2015-2016.  She has translated and published two books, a children's book titled “The twin dolls to the earth” (Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2016) written by Milutin Đuričković (Serbia) and a poetry collection called “Wings of the darkness” (Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2018) composed by Raed Aljishi (Saudi Arabia). Her poetry has been translated and published in many languages.