Re: Song va chet/ Xem mo^. JF Kennedy

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, AUH NGUYEN wrote:

> Nhu+ng nhu+~ng ke? ha^.u sinh chu'ng
> to^i thi` thuo^.c ca^u di. ba?n : " Ngu+o+`i ta chi? so^'ng co' mo^.t 
> la^`n, to^i pha?i hu+o+?ng thu. ta^'t ca? nhu+~ng gi` to^i muo^'n". Cha(?ng 
> pha?i vi` pha?n ddo^.ng gi`, nhu+ng hoa`n ca?nh hie^.n ta.i kho^ng ddo`i 
> ho?i chu'ng to^i pha?i che^'t cho ly' tu+o+?ng hay To^? quo^'c la`m 
> gi`. 

	Lu~ chu'ng ta ngu? trong giu+o+`ng chie^'u he.p
	Gia^'c mo+ con dde` na't cuo^.c ddo+`i con
	Ha.nh phu'c ddu+.ng trong mo^.t ta` a'o dde.p
	Mo^.t ma'i nha` ye^n ru? bo'ng xuo^'ng ta^m ho^`n

		(Tho+ Che^' Lan Vie^n)

Oh well...

Chuye^.n kha'c: Khi to^i to+'i tha(m Washington DC, thu? ddo^ nu+o+'c My~.
To^i co' dde^'n tha(m mo^. to^?ng tho^'ng JF Kennedy ta.i nghi~a trang
Arlington. JFK ddu+o+.c cho^n chung cu`ng vo+. va` con trai Patrick tre^n
mo^.t qu?a ddo^`i cao be^n na`y so^ng Potomac. DDu+'ng tre^n ddo^`i nhi`n qua
so^ng sang bo+` be^n kia la` ca?nh thu? ddo^ Washington tra?i da`i dde^'n
ta^.n cha^n tro+`i vo+'i dda`i ky? nie^.m Washington, nha` tra('ng, nha`
quo^'c ho^.i, ba?o ta`ng vv. 

Ngay tre^n ddo^`i co' mo^.t bu+'c tu+o+`ng lo+'n ddu+o+.c du+.ng nghie^ng,
tre^n kha('c nhu+~ng ca^u no'i no^?i tie^'ng cu?a JFK trong buo^?i le^~
nha^.m chu+'c to^?ng tho^'ng, trong ddo' co' ca^u ma` co' le~ ai cu~ng
bie^'t: "So, my fellow Americans, do not ask what your country can do for
you, but ask what you can do for your country". Tha^.t kho' ta? he^'t
ddu+o+.c ca?m gia'c khi ddo.c ca^u na`y xong, ngu+o+'c le^n nhi`n xuo^'ng
ddo^`i tha^'y ca?nh Washington DC be^n kia so^ng tra?i da`i tru+o+'c ma(.t,
cha.y dde^'n ta^.n cha^n tro+`i, quay la.i dda(`ng sau thi` tha^'y ngo.n
lu+?a vi~nh cu+?u (eternal flame) ddang ba^.p bu`ng cha'y ca.nh mo^. JFK. 
Da^n My~ tha^.t gio?i lo^`ng ca'c ca^u "no'i to" va`o nhu+~ng khung ca?nh
hu`ng tra'ng ...

Nghe ba?o mo^.t pha^`n vi` nghe ca^u na`y cu?a JFK ma` nhie^`u thanh 
nie^n My~ ho^`i ba^'y gio+` xung phong ddi dda'nh nhau o+? Vie^.t Nam 
hoa(.c ddi tu+. nguye^.n giu'p ddo+~ ca'c nu+o+'c trong the^' gio+'i 
thu+' ba trong chu+ong tri`nh Peace Corp ...

Chuye^.n ngoa`i le^`: Ngay be^n du+o+'i ca^u no'i tre^n cu?a JFK, co`n 
mo^.t ddoa.n nhu+ sau: "and my fellow world citizens, do not ask what 
America can do for you, but ask what we together can do for your 
countries" (ddoa.n na`y kho^ng nho+' chi'nh xa'c). No comment.

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