Poet Van Dien from Vietnam

His bio data:

Born in 1958
Hometown: Hung Yen
Member of Vietnamese Writers’ Association
Deputy Director of Vietnamese Literary Copyright Center
Member of Hung Yen Literature and Arts Association
Published works: 3 poetry collections

His 3 poems about President Ho Chi Minh:

WISDOM OF “NO” IN HO CHI MINH

The experience of life
Yes but no, no but yes
Very small amount
Is yes
Bubbling blue waves
Not to be
Nothing, does not matter
It’s not easy to get a reputation in life
Once in a time
The world once in a time
Outstanding great man
A person from “no one”
Like sowing red seeds
For all ages
Shining in smiles
Uncle Ho is the brilliant image
His manner
And thoughts
The example of life soared high

Whole life was purity and starry
Uncle Ho’s sacredness carved into souls of the countryside.

LIGHT OF IMPERMANENCE

Our Uncle Ho
The One who lived
Through the long nights and lights
He was away
In glory and chaos…
He left behind
For the country and humanity
From real life
Philosophy without words was the sea of meaning
He created the era

Dazzling history
The era lives forever with the country named Nguyen Tat Thanh
The arithmetic progression of Patriotic elite
Thirty years searched for the path to save the country

Took care of himself the life
Forget all about his privacy
Learned by himself
He was knowledgeable in ancient East-West…
He was the founder, lighter of the path
Saved the hard laborers

24 years were like bright stars
Still so simple and rustic
His whole life was “simple fabric shirt”
He shined in the human world
Even in the sky of great men
Heavenly Saints in the sky
* *
*
Ho Chi Minh!
The arithmetic progression of the revolutionary leader
The person who considered himself a young student…
Saints of Light
God’s beloved kindness
For Uncle Ho, it was the people
Understanding the people
Applying Buddha’s compassion
And the goodness of Confucius
He concluded the saving, diligent, honest, and righteous
To be basic ethics
For serving the people
For worshiping the Fatherland
The tenet of old Chinese
He applied accordingly
The highest light throughout
It was Marxism
It was Lenin theory
The armed dialectic
And organizational revolution
He created light…
To target for people’s happiness
“There is nothing more precious than independence and freedom”
To build a strong country
It is the path of truth
Spiritual desire to develop
Though to know the moving rule
It is a nonstop change
Technology changes like a storm
But earth rotation still follows the orbit
Although nuclear, biology… are super advanced
The more kindness and goodwill
Ho Chi Minh converged
Moral ideological style
Multipled level for generations and each person to learn
For all impermanence be imbued with a sublime spirit
For all Vietnamese people
For yesterday and tomorrow resounding forever.

TO VISIT UNCLE HO’S HOMELAND

I’m going to Uncle Ho’s hometown this afternoon
The roof of the bamboo house is full of sunlight
An incense dedicates with heart words
It’s like You returning home with me

Your words advised to the country
I hear Your voice as if still around
I came here from the land of longan
The homeland is grateful to You forever.