Re: Tho* no^m VN the^' ky? 16

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

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 minh@lmc.com wrote:

> Ho*~i ca'c thi si~ VNSA,
>         To^i thi'ch tho* ( tha^?n ) nhu*ng kho^ng bie^'t
>         la`m tho*. Mo*'i dda^y co' ngu*o*`i ba.n nho*` to^i
>         di.ch tho* no^m VN the^' ky? 16 sang tie^'ng Anh.
>         Ca'i ba`i na`y kho' qua', dde^'n ca? ba(`ng tie^'ng
>         Vie^.t cu~ng co`n kho' hie^?u. Co' ba'c na`o bie^'t
>         xua^'t xu*' hay gia?i nghi~a ba(`ng tie^'ng Vie^.t hoa(.c di.ch 
>         sang tie^'ng Anh ta.m ta.m thi` to^'t qua'. :
>         
>         Thi dda`n te^' lie^~u bo^ng Hoa Ha'i
>         Kha'ch bo^. thu`y su*o*ng a^'n ( a^'m ? ) bi'ch dda`i
>         K`y Cu.c ( cu.c ? ) da~ phong thanh a'p tra^.n
>         Tu*?u lie^`u ( bie^`u ) nghing tuye^'t ba'ch Hoa` bo*i
>         So* lie^m tha^'u nguye^.t hu*o*ng ly cu'c
>         Ye^'n tich la(ng ( la(.ng ) hoa` vi. at' mai
>         pho* pha^'t li~nh (?) dda^`u chie^m ti~nh ddie^'m
>         Thi dda`n te^' lie^~u bo^ng Hoa Ha`i
>         

Theo cuo^'n Cho+i Chu+~ cu?a La~ng Nha^n Phu`ng Ta^'t -Da('c, ba`i tho+
na`y do Vu~ Duy Thanh (1806-1861) sa'ng ta'c. Tha^.t ra, ba`i na`y la`
mo^.t ba`i thua^.n nghi.ch -do^.c, kha' la('t le'o o+? cho^~ co' the^? -do.c 
xuo^i theo chu+~ Ha'n nhu+ tre^n, nhu+ng cu~ng co' the^? -do.c ngu+o+.c 
theo chu+~ No^m tha`nh mo^.t ba`i tho+ kha'c. Theo La~ng Nha^n, ba`i 
-do.c xuo^i chu+~ Ha'n nhu+ sau :

	Thi -da`n te^' lie^~u lo^.ng hoa ha`i
	Kha'ch bo^. tu`y su+o+ng a^'n bi'ch -da`i
	Ky` cu.c -da? phong thanh a'p tra^.n
	Tu+?u bie^`u nghinh tuye^'t ba.ch ho`a bo^i
	So+ lie^m tha^'u nguye^.t hu+o+ng ly cu'c
	Ye^'n ti.ch la(ng hoa vi. a't mai
	Phi pha^'t li~nh -da^`u chie^m ti~nh -die^'m
	Thi -da`n te^' lie^~u lo^.ng hoa ha`i

-Do.c ngu+o+.c theo chu+~ No^m :

	Gia`y hoa lo?ng le?o to+'i -da`n tho+
	-Die^'m ta.nh xem -da^`u nu'i pha^'t pho+
	Mai a't mu`i hoa lu+`ng tie^.c ye^'n
	Cu'c li`a hu+o+ng nguye^.t tha^'u re`m thu+a  
	Che'n ho`a ba.ch tuye^'t nghie^ng ba^`u ru+o+.u
	Tra^.n a'p thanh phong -da'nh cuo^.c co+`
	Re^u bie^'c in su+o+ng theo bu+o+'c kha'ch
	Gia`y hoa lo?ng le?o to+'i -da`n tho+

Theo y' to^i, -da^y chi? la` mo^.t lo^'i cho+i chu+~ co' du.ng co^ng. Co' 
le~ kho^ng ne^n di.ch ra tie^'ng nu+o+'c ngoa`i#.

Tho+ tha^?n,
N. T. La^m