Shakespeare sonnet No.11

 Lệ Hà (1933-2012)         Oil on canvas (1mx1m)

Shakespeare Sonnet

“Shall I Compare Thee To A Summers Day”*

You are “summers day”, the dream of my life          

Forever as the sun that comes to shine

Along with fragrance of flowers in July

Shining over the sea and up in the blue sky

A fleeting image in the flow of time

Deep in my heart the memory of your smile

Perennial feeling albeit the changing world

Material things we endeared but could’nt hold

Fairy tal’ that I keep on dreaming to live

In Nature, its course to be untrimmed

The dance and songs of becoming friendly Death

Oh! In its shade I shall peacefully stay

For the eternity, with my sole belief

Your beauty won‘t fade away as “summers day”

*The first line of  W.Shakespeare’s sonnet No.18