Ours is the night
In the night flooded with light
Inside the room
Keeping awake
The blanket creeps over the chest
Go to bed
Let’s
Greyish white is the blank
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Oh, night sleepers
That bring love
To bed
***
Would you continue to keep awake
To bring along love to illuminate
The night belongs to us
Love brightens the night
***
Ours is the night
How can you be so heartless as to sleep
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I will leave myself to my fate keeping awake all alone
In nights flooded with light
The blanket creeping over the chest
Biting cold
***
The greyish white blanket
Helpless
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The night belongs to us…
2001
(Translated by Vu Anh Tuan.)