Happy New Age

Mừng Tuổi

Nắng vàng mai nở mừng thêm tuổi

Gió lay tuyết lạnh ấm tình quê.

Writer's Notes
Greeting on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Spring Comes

白雪飛 bak syut fei
新春來 san ceon lai
人人開 jan jan hoi
開開心 hoi hoi sam

Literal English Translation version:
Flying snowflakes fly
Spring comes
People are
happy (at the coming of Spring).

Writer's Notes
Viết nhân dịp Tết Ất Mùi 2015.
Written on the occasion of Vietnamese New Year "Tết" celebration.

Credits and/or Citations:
The above written verses incorporate the utilization of the online MDBG Chinese-English dictionary for Jyutping Cantonese romanization of Chinese characters.

On A Rainy Autumn Day

In memory of dì Tư Phấn, Mom's older cousin...Thái Thị Phấn

Mưa thu trong tiễn biệt
Dì Phấn bước ra đi
Ngoại con chờ bên ấy
Cùng dì bước thảnh thơi.

Hẹn mai này gặp lại
Mừng mừng tủi tủi vui
Cùng dì dạo tiên cảnh
Vui sống chốn bồng lai.

A Mother’s Love

母親的愛

我生有你是我的福喜
(ngo sang jau nei si ngo dik fuk hei)
It is a blessing having you in my life.

日日夜夜想念你...母親的愛
(jat jat je je soeng nim nei...mou can dik oi)
Day and night I’m thinking of your love

愛如大海, 愛如高山, 愛如天空
(oi jyu daai hoi, oi jyu gou saan, oi jyu tin hung)
愛是永遠, 愛是不變, 愛在我心中。
(oi si wing jyun, oi si bat bin, oi zoi ngo sam zung)
Like an ocean ever-flowing of love, unchanging mountain up on high, wide embracing open sky.


我心有你是永遠不變
(ngo sam yau nei si wing jyun bat bin)
Having you in my heart is forever and unchanged.

年年月月記得你...母親的教
(nin nin jyut jyut gei tak nei...mou can dik gaau)
Year after year month after month I’m remembering of your teaching

教在我好, 教我做人, 教我學文
(gaau zoi ngo hou, gaau ngo zou jan, gaau ngo hok man)
做人做更得好, 學文學完努力
(zou zan zou gang tak hou, hok man hok jyun nou lik)
As you meant to teach me well
First learn to behave ethically in everyday life, second to study hard to have a good education.

未來長大 後想回到 感謝我母親的愛。
(mei loi zoeng daai hau soeng wui dou kam ze ngo mou can dik oi)
Growing up, I’m able to look back and appreciate your care and love for me.


Writer's Notes
This fourth, yet first full piece of phonetic writing in Cantonese Chinese that was written with a thought of a middle school classmate in mind as she who had just recently lost her mother.

The first stanza was conceived and written on July 2 while the second stanza was written and completed over the following three days.

Credits and/or Citations:
The above written verses incorporate the utilization of the online MDBG Chinese-English dictionary for Jyutping Cantonese romanization of Chinese characters.

Summer Solstice

Sang Hạ
Sáng nay mưa khẻ nhẹ
Dịu mát khí trời Xuân
Hạ sang trong tĩnh lặng
Vườn tâm hiển ý thơ.

Summer 2014