Shakespeare's poetry

                                Quế Anh    oil pastel on paper  24/06/2011

The play of life (as in a sonnet of W. Shakespeare)

I, unperfect actor trotting on the stage

Overcome with doubts, could not play on my part

In this play of life burdened with rage

Myself, wandering one with grief in his heart

On betraying the trust, I  forgot how to say

In perfect love ceremony all it right

For the reason, my own love is to decay

As my mind’s erring in phantasmal dreams,  it might

In the play of life, speeches’ve lost meanings

Better in silence, we should  know how to pray

For the becoming presage in God’s blessings

Not to be buri’d in darkness for nights and days

Oh! How to read what silent loves could give

Find back our innocence and believe

20/07/2012

Ngovantao

The Shakespeare’s sonnet:

“As an unperfect actor on the stage

Who with his feare is put besides his part “(The first two lines)

The royal Shakespeare theatre edition of

“The sonnets of W.Shakespeare”

Hí trường trần gian

Hí trường trần gian

Bữa tiệc người đời

Tôi kẻ lạc đội

Diễn viên bất tài

Trái tim tan vỡ

Ôm mang ảo mộng không cùng

Bữa tiệc cao sang

Đôi tình nhân ước hẹn

Tôi không có lời chúc tụng

Hồn tôi quá khô khan

Vì những gì tôi đã mất

Hí trường trần gian

Lời nói vô ý nghĩa

Hãy cùng nhau cầu nguyện

Cho một bầu trời trong sáng

Tình yêu lặng lẽ mang lại gì?

Khi ta dã mất

Tâm hồn nhẹ cánh bay

Ôi! Tuổi thơ ngày đó đã qua đi

22.07/2012