Tản Đà

Tản Đà (1889 – 1939), real name Nguyễn Khắc Hiếu, was a Vietnamese poet who is noted for use of imagery and rhythm. He used both traditional Sino-Vietnamese forms and European influences. He was a transitional poet between the the 1890s literature and the "New Poetry" movement of the 1930s.

Wisdom & Quotes

• To be drunk is, when you think about it, very wrong.

Wrong I am quite willing to be; drunk I wish to stay.
Is not the earth drunk, or why else does it spin?
Is not the sky drunk, or why else is its face red?
And who laughs at them.

• Peach-tree leaves strew the paths of Paradise,

The brook's farewells and the accompaniment of
the oriole's song,
What sorrow and bitterness!
Six months in Paradise,
One step: earth.
Of the dream of yesteryear and this remnant of love
more than that!
- Tong biet (Farewell)

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