Hoa sữa (Hồng Đăng) - Lê Dung, Hà Nội mùa chim làm tổ (1981)
- Nhân dịp Hà Nội (hình như) đang vào thu.
No matter what they tell us
No matter what they do
No matter what they teach us
What we believe is true
No matter what they call us
However they attack
No matter where they take us
We’ll find our own way back
I can’t deny what I believe
I can’t be what I’m not
I know I’ll love forever
I know, no matter what
If only tears were laughter
If only night was day
If only prayers were answered
Then we would hear God say
No matter what they tell you
No matter what they do
No matter what they teach you
What you believe is true
And I will keep you safe and strong
And sheltered from the storm
No matter where it’s barren
A dream is being born
No matter who they follow
No matter where they lead
No matter how they judge us
I’ll be everyone you need
No matter if the sun don’t shine
Or if the skies are blue
No matter what the end is
My life began with you
I can’t deny what I believe
I can’t be what I’m not
I know, I know
I know this love’s forever
That’s all that matters now
No matter what
I fell into the ocean
When you became my wife
I risked it all aganist the sea
To have a better life
Marie you’re the wild blue sky
And men do foolish things
You turn kings into beggars
And beggars into kings
Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green
The fase forgives the mirror
The worm forgives the plow
The questions begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow
Maybe when our story’s over
We’ll go where it’s always spring
The band is playing our song again
And all the world is green
Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green
The moon is yellow silver
Oh the things that summer brings
It’s a love you’d kill for
And all the world is green
He is balancing a diamond
On a blade of grass
The dew will settle on our grave(s)
When all the world is green
Trời trở rét
Xuân Quỳnh
Sao không cài khuy áo lại anh
Trời lạnh đấy, hôm nay trời trở rét
Gió nhiều quá phòng trở nên chật hẹp
Bụi mù ngoài đường phố ít người qua
Em từ nhà ra tới ngã tư
Gặp đèn đỏ trước hàng đinh thứ nhất
Chờ sang đường đèn xanh vừa bật
Em lại quay về, thành phố mùa đông
Em đi qua hiệu sách ngoại văn
Cô bán sách ngồi sau quầy lặng lẽ
Trong tủ kính sách nằm yên tĩnh thế
Nào ai hay bão táp ở từng trang
Đến hay là mặt nước hồ Gươm
Vừa xanh đấy như lòng người dễ hiểu
Trời trở gió, hồ trở nên mềm yếu
Nên đổi thay rồi một sắc ưu tư
Chỉ vui là những gánh hàng hoa
Rét nóng mặc thế nào hoa cũng nở
Hoa mỉm cười giễu người qua phố
Đang giấu trong áo ấm niềm lo
Em thấy mình cũng thật vẩn vơ
Lại đi thương cây bàng trước cửa
Cây dù nhỏ, gió dù gió dữ
Hết mùa này cây lại lên xanh
Sao không cài khuy áo lại anh
Trời lạnh đấy, hôm nay trời trở rét…
1983
VĨNH BIỆT MÙA HÈ
Thanh Tùng
Mùa hè bâng quơ, bâng quơ nỗi nhớ,
những chiếc lá non vương trên cành cây khô.
Mùa hè bâng khuâng hoài, để tim xốn xang hoài
và lòng ta bỗng như mong chờ bóng ai
Cuộc tình bâng quơ, đến trong ngày bơ vơ,
Gieo bao đớn đau cho tâm hồn ngây thơ
Mùa hè đi qua rồi, tình yêu cũng qua rồi,
chỉ còn nước mắt vương trên bờ môi…
Vĩnh biệt mùa hè
mùa hè còn ấm môi hôn ai khi đêm về?
Vĩnh biệt mùa hè
mùa hè làm con tim ta biết bao say mê
Vĩnh biệt tình đầu
tình đầu là cơn giông chợt qua mau qua mau…
Vĩnh biệt tình đầu
tình đầu làm con tim ta đớn đau…
An ủi
Tặng cho người đến sau
Cũng là người ra đi trước
Ừ thì, sống phải biết cái gì mất được
Hà cớ gì cứ phải ngước về sau
“Có lúc nào em cảm thấy buồn rầu
hãy hát lên những lời trong nỗi nhớ
nhè nhẹ thôi kẻo giật mình hoảng sợ
tiếng gió buồn xao xác chạy qua nhau
Lời hát buồn sợ chạm tới niềm đau
hay chẳng hát, em cười to lên nhé
cười ngây thơ như những ngày còn bé
xôn xao lòng trong nỗi nhớ dịu êm
Nghe hồn mình trong hơi thở của đêm
lòng buồn lắm em nghĩ về hạnh phúc
những gì đã qua, những điều được mất
đời vẫn thế thôi chẳng được hết bao giờ
Còn rất nhiều mà em sẽ không ngờ
tiếng gió cuốn xô nghiêng từng vạt nắng
hồn chênh vênh cuộc đời sao buồn lặng
em ngước nhìn lên tán lá xôn xao
Những lúc buồn nhìn thăm thẳm trời cao
em chợt nhận thấy mình sao nhỏ bé
thấy cô đơn như chưa từng được thế
chẳng là gì, như thế chẳng gì đâu
Bẻ một cành khô cho dịu bớt buồn rầu
dẫm nhẹ gót lên lá vàng rưng nắng
ngậm ô mai thấy chút gì mằn mặn
bầu trời tròn trong vắt nắng pha lê
Chợt giật mình trong giấc ngủ mê
em đã thấy Rômêô và Juliét
khi họ chết vẫn còn yêu tha thiết
hạnh phúc thường ngay cạnh đó thôi em
Gió cuối mùa thu xô vạt nắng ướt mèm
gió đầu đông làm tóc em bối rối
mưa bụi giao thời xôn xao chiều rất vội
thấy lòng mình nỗi nhớ gọi tên ai
Mặt trời hồng trong mỗi buổi sớm mai
vui vẻ nhé, đừng buồn rầu em nhé
nhặt chiếc lá dịu dàng hôn thật nhẹ
môi em cười trong nắng dấu trinh nguyên.”
Bob’s Theory of Relativity of Love
By Bob Peterson
In this article, I’d like to present a few ideas about Love and what Love means to me. It is not meant to be a definition of Love—I don’t think Love can be defined, only described. This article is not an essay on what Love “should” or “should not” be. I’m not sure there are any “shoulds” when speaking about Love. The ideas in this article are only my opinions. I’m also sure that none of the ideas in this article are new or original because Love has been around longer than I have.
I’d like to explain a thing I call “Bob’s Theory of Relativity.” Stated simply, it says that everything Einstein said about light also applies to Love.
Einstein’s theory of relativity states that matter and energy are relative, and light is a constant. If a car travels in one direction at 10 miles per hour and another car travels in the opposite direction at 10 miles per hour, then each car is traveling at 20 miles per hour, relative to the other. However, if each of those cars carries a light, the light waves have the same speed in all directions, and not 20 miles per hour faster or slower in any direction. In terms of Love, I believe that when we Love anyone or anything our Love spreads throughout All That Is in all directions; we are, in effect, loving All That Is, but using another person, as our focal point.
One frequency of electromagnetic radiation does not interfere with other frequencies (for instance, many radio stations can occupy the same space and time.) In the same way, I believe that one Love will never interfere with another Love. This means, for instance, that the Love we have for our friends and family will not diminish our Love for our spouses or Lovers. This also means that you don’t need to stop feeling Love for one person in order to start loving another. Love always accepts other Love. This leaves no room for jealousy. Love is NOT possessive.
Light is eternal, not bounded. A light that is shone outside will continue to travel through outer space forever, without becoming “less.” It may seem to diminish because it spreads and expands to cover more area. Love is also unbounded. Once we feel Love, that Love continues to exist in some form, even if we don’t feel it any more. This also means that Love is never wasted. For instance, even if we suffer a bitter breakup and now hate for our former partner’s guts, we can still look back on the happier times, without regretting that it ever happened.
Love never limits; it is unlimited. When light hits an object, it is either reflected or absorbed, increasing the object’s energy, or both. By the same token, when we feel love for someone, it either “warms” that person or is passed on, or both.
And light, when focused and directed (like telescopes and microscopes) permits us to see things that are out of the reach of our senses. Love, when it is focused and directed, also permits us to see things. It permits us to learn about people and things, which would be unknowable without that Love. More importantly, it permits us to learn about ourselves. Love expands our horizons. Perhaps Love is the source of all psychic awareness.
Love is not a set of limitations, such as “I don’t want you to Love others.” Instead, Love is a set of freedoms. A few examples I’ve thought up are: I give you the freedom to be yourself, the freedom to express yourself to me in any and all ways, the freedom to vent your Love in my direction, the freedom to express your sexuality with me, the freedom to laugh and play and act silly without fear of my ridicule or attack in any form, the freedom to express and enact your Love for me and for others, in whatever way you most desire, whether I am focused in physical life, or not.
In the same sense that sexuality is an expression of Love and not the other way around, so too I believe that “faithfulness” is an understanding and communication between souls, instead of sexual exclusivity. I’d never deny my mate her chance to roll in the hay with Mel Gibson, if that were one of her cherished fantasies. And I’d never hide my lusts from her.
I believe that Love holds no fear. Fear is a result of making assumptions and expectations, and I believe that Love makes no assumptions, and holds no expectations about anyone or anything. Love never takes anything or anyone for granted.
Love is unconditional acceptance. Love means that the innermost you is okay. Love prefers the real you, and not someone who is pretending or wearing masks. And by the same rule, Love accepts everyone else as they are.
Love doesn’t apply to images, ideals or our ideas of a person, not even our images of ourselves. Love applies only to the real person above and beyond the images.
The joy in Love is not in the receiving, but the giving.
Just as Einstein said that matter and energy are one, so too I believe that Love comprises All That Is, binding the very atoms together.
For in a world where everything is relative, Love itself is the only absolute.
From: A science-lover
To: His love :)
