Ho?i lo+`i ba`i ha't "speak softly" (Re: [VO+ VA^?N] Mo^.ng du)

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

On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Hoang Quoc Hung wrote:

> Nguyen Xuan Long wrote:

> > Nu+?a dde^m cho+.t ti?nh
> > Ta vu`ng da^.y
> >       ba^.t cha.y
> ....
> > So'ng la.i ga^`m le^n
> > Tie^'ng sa^'m la.i co^`n ca`o
> > O^ ki`a chuo^ng dda~ ddo^? 
> > Cho^`ng che'n chu+a ru+?a
> > Ba`i vo+? ta^'p e^ che^`
> > Me. no'
> > Mo^.t nga`y nu+~a 
> >        ba+'t dda^`u.
> 
> 
> Tho+ hay qua' nhi?. Ba'c te^n la` Long co' kha'c, tho+ cu?a ba'c
> thie^.t ma.nh me~, xu+'ng ma(.t nam nhi (i't ra la` khi ngu? me^:-).
> Ba'c Long co' thi'ch ba`i the eagle cu?a abba khong?
> Tui thi'c idee trong tho cu?a ba'c!

Cha`o ca'c ba'c, gio+` la.i the^m ba'c Long o+? xu+' co' cho' "chi'n dduo^i,
chi'n ma('t, chi'n dda^`u, chi'n cha^n" cu~ng la`m tho+ hay the^' na`y
thi` to^i cha`o, xin dda^`u ha`ng ro^`i, kho^ng the^? la.i ddu+o+.c tho+ phu'
vo+'i ca'c ba'c. :-)

To^i nha^'t tri' vo+'i ma^'y ca^u bi`nh cu?a ba'c Hu`ng, dda(.c bie^.t 
la` thi'ch kho^? tho+ cuo^'i cu?a ba'c.

Nha^n tie^.n ba'c Hu`ng nha('c abba, eagle cho to^i ho?i mo^.t ca^u: O+? 
dda^y co' ba'c na`o bie^'t lo+`i tie^'ng Anh cu?a ba`i "speak softly" 
kho^ng? Ba`i na`y cha('c ba'c na`o cu~ng bie^'t "Ti`nh nhu+ bo'ng ma^y, 
ti`nh dde^'n ro^`i ddi, a^m tha^`m la` ti`nh...". :-(

To^'i qua to^i ddi bu` khu' vo+'i mo^.t lu~ ba.n o+? downtown Seattle
(kho^? the^' dda^'y, ca'i lu'c ca`ng ba^.n thi` ca`ng thi'ch ddi cho+i).
Ngo^`i trong mo^.t qua'n a(n Vie^.t nghe cho+i toa`n nhu+~ng ba?n nha.c 
cu?a tha^.p ky? 60, 70. Ba^'t cho+.t nghe ba`i "Ti`nh nhu+ bo'ng ma^y",
o^i chao o^i nho+' o+i la` nho+' tho+`i ho.c ca^'p ba va` tho+`i o+? 
DDo^ng A^u...

Xu+a to^i ho.c ca^'p ba co' nhie^`u ky? nie^.m vo+'i ba`i 
na`y la('m. Nhu+ng ho^`i ddo' tri`nh ddo^. No^ng Tua^'n Giang ne^n
cu+' tu+o+?ng dda^y la` ba`i Vie^.t. Sang Hung xem phim "Bo^' Gia`"
mo+'i vo+~ le~ la` Ta^y cu~ng co' ba`i na`y, nhu+ng lu'c ddo' cu+' 
tu+o+?ng la` mo^.t melody cu?a Y'. Ve^` sau cu+' nghe ba`i na`y la` nho+'
ca?nh tha(`ng cha Michael Corleone ddi da.o tre^n ca'nh ddo^`ng co? o+? 
Sicily (sp?) trong phim "Bo^' Gia`", va` ca?nh mi`nh ddi "maffia" o+? 
tha?o nguye^n Hortobagy cu?a Hung.

Sang dde^'n My~ mo+'i ddu+o+.c ca'c ba'c "bo^' gia`" o+? dda^y ca('t 
nghi~a la` ba`i na`y cha? co' Y' Yie^'c gi` ca?, ma` la` ba`i My~ ha(?n 
hoi, te^n la` "Speak Softly", va` lo+`i mo+? dda^`u cu~ng la` "speak 
softly...". Va^.y co' ba'c na`o bie^'t lo+`i ba`i na`y kho^ng la`m o+n 
dda(ng cho to^i xin. Grazie ca'c ba'c nhe'.

Ha?i.