RE: Lu~ng Ta^y Ha`nh

["Nguyen T. Lam" <lam@cptc.wisc.edu>]

On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Tuan Pham wrote:

> 
>         They swore the Huns should perish: they would die if needs they must..
>         And now five thousand, sable-clad, have bit the Tartar dust.
>         Along the river bank their bones lie scattered where they may,
>         But still their forms in dreams arise to fair ones far away\.
> 
>                                 H. A\. Giles
> 
> 
> Ba`i na`y du`ng tha`nh ngu+~ "bit the dust" nghe tu+'c cu+o+`i
> va` no^m na qua'! Cu+' di.ch sa't nguye^n ba?n la` buried in the
> Tartar dust thi` hay ho+n.
> 

H. Giles la` mo^.t ho.c gia? ngu+o+`i Anh. Co' le~ o^ng la` mo^.t trong 
nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i -du+a ra phu+o+ng pha'p phie^n a^m Wade-Giles. O^ng -da~ 
co^' ga('ng di.ch tho+ -Du+o+`ng ra va(n va^`n, ne^n -do^i khi pha?i 
du`ng mo^.t va`i tha`nh ngu+~ nghe la. tai. Va`o cuo^'i the^' ky? 19, 
cu~ng co' the^? tha`nh ngu+~ "bite the dust" kho^ng nghe no^m na nhu+ 
ba^y gio+`.

Cheers,
N. T. La^m