Be^'n My La(ng

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

On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Tran Minh Tien wrote:

> DDo.c ba`i tho+ na`y khie^'n to^i tha^'y ro+.n ngu+o+`i khi ta'c gia?
> chu' thi'ch be^'n My La(ng o+? Bi`nh DDi.nh\. DDie^`u na`y khie^'n
> to^i ngo+` ta'c gia? vu+`a bi.a qua' nhie^`u vu+`a kho^ng bie^'t
> ta.i sao la.i co' tu+` "be^'n My la(ng". Vi` va^.y ma` to^i pha?i
> ho?i ca'c ba'c "tho^? co^ng" cho tu+o+`ng.
> 
> Mo^.t so^' nha` tho+ ddu+a ra mo^.t so^' danh tu+` dda(.c bie^.t,
> nhie^`u ngu+o+`i kho^ng hie^?u ro~, tu+o+?ng hay ba('t chie^'c
> va` ngo+~ la` co' tha^.t\. Nhie^`u khi ra^'t buo^`n cu+o+`i\.

Ca'c ba'c,

DDo.c qua ba`i tho+ nha('c dde^'n be^'n My La(ng to^i co' suy nghi~
ho+i kha'c mo^.t chu't. Thu+.c ra ca^u chu' nga('n go.n "O+? Bi`nh
DDi.nh" kho^ng nha^'t thie^'t pha?i hie^?u la` mo^.t chu' thi'ch ve^`
ma(.t ddi.a ly' theo nghi~a physical. Ta'c gia? ba`i tho+ na`y bie^'t
ba`i "Be^'n My La(ng" cu?a Ye^'n Lan, cha('c cu~ng bie^'t be^'n My
La(ng to^`n ta.i/kho^ng to^`n ta.i physically. 

Ca^u chu' "O+? Bi`nh DDi.nh" co' the^? chi? la` mo^.t ddie^?m neo
(anchor) suy nghi~ cu?a ngu+o+`i ddo.c ve^` ma(.t ddi.a ly' va`o
ma?nh dda^'t Bi`nh DDi.nh, nha('c ngu+o+`i ddo.c dda^y la` be^'n My
La(ng cu?a Ye^'n Lan (que^ Bi`nh DDi.nh), la` Bi`nh DDi.nh chu+'
kho^ng pha?i dda^u kha'c, ddo^`ng tho+`i dde^?  ma^'y ca^u tie^'p
theo ve^` gio' la`o, pha^.p phu` so'ng be^?,... ve~ mo^.t bu+'c tranh
sa('c ne't ho+n ve^` mo^.t da?i dda^'t mie^`n Trung. Ca^u chu' cu~ng
la`m ba`i tho+ nha('c mo^.t be^'n My La(ng a?o tu+o+?ng tro+? ne^n
tha^.t ho+n, dde^? la.i cho ngu+o+`i dda~ ddo.c ba`i tho+ cu?a Ye^'n
Lan mo^.t ca?m gia'c a?o ma` tha^.t kho' ti`m ve^` Bi`nh DDi.nh. 

(Mo^.t vi' du. tho^ thie^?n: Ba'c na`o dda~ ddo.c "The Foundation"
cu?a Issac Asimov cha('c cu~ng nha^.n ra tro` a?o va` tha^.t na`y
trong science fictions.)

Tha^.t ra tre^n ma?nh dda^'t Vie^.t Nam na`y mo^.t da?i dda^'t, mo^.t
la`ng que^ na`o cu~ng dda^u chi? co' nhu+~ng ddi.a danh va^.t ly',
ma` co`n co' bie^'t bao nhie^u truye^`n thuye^'t, bao ddi.a danh
huye^`n thoa.i, hu+ a?o kha'c ga('n lie^`n. Gie^'ng nu+o+'c na`o
cha(?ng co' con bo^'ng cu?a co^ Ta^'m, va` gie^'ng nu+o+'c na`o
cha(?ng la` mie^.ng mo^.t con ro^`ng ddang ngu? say trong lo`ng
dda^'t. The^' gio+'i tha^.t va` the^' gio+'i a?o trong ta^m ho^`n
mo^~i chu'ng ta ve^` la`ng que^, ve^` dda^'t nu+o+'c bao gio+`
cha(?ng lo^`ng trong nhau. Nhie^`u khi pha^n bie^.t a?o tha^.t qua'
ra.ch ro`i co' le~ cu~ng la` ddie^`u kho^ng ca^`n thie^'t... 

Ta^'t nhie^n no'i va^.y kho^ng pha?i la` kho^ng bao gio+` ne^n pha^n
bie^.t. DDo.c "La' die^u bo^ng" cu?a Hoa`ng Ca^`m ma` bie^'t die^u
bo^ng la` thu+' la' kho^ng co' tha^.t thi` mo+'i hie^?u he^'t ca'i
tha^m y' cu?a ba`i tho+, ca'i ti`nh cu?a em ddo^'i vo+'i chi. va`
chi. ddo^'i vo+'i em. Nhu+ng vo+'i nhu+~ng ba`i tho+ cha?i chuo^'t
mu+o+.t ma` va` mo+ ma`ng nhu+ "Bo'ng Chu+~" cu?a LD hay "Be^'n My
La(ng" cu?a YL thi` A^u La^u va` My La(ng la` tha^.t hay a?o pho?ng
co' quan tro.ng gi` dda^u. Trong ba`i tho+ mu+.c ti'm ma` ca'c ba'c
ddang tranh lua^.n ne^'u bie^'t My La(ng la` a?o thi` ba`i tho+ hay
the^m mo^.t ty', nhu+ng ne^'u kho^ng bie^'t thi` cu~ng kho^ng vi`
va^.y ma` ba`i tho+ ke'm ha(?n ddi. 

Ha?i.