Duy Tan: At the King's River Pavilion

Evening, before the King's pavilion,
people are sitting, fishing, sad and grieving,
loving, in love, remembering, waiting, watching,

Whose boat plies the river mists?
- offering so many rowing songs
that move these mountains and rivers, our nation.
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This popular song (ca dao) was composed by Ung Binh -Thuc Gia Thi,
at the time that the young King Duy Tan rebelled and took his court to the countryside until he was pursued, captured, and exiled by the French (1916). The young king had built a moon- watching pavilion,
called Phu Van Lau, on the Perfume River.


Asian Art & Culture, Oxford University Press, Winter 1994

Cette chanson populaire a été composée en souvenir du roi Duy Tân qui s'est rebellé contre l'administration française en 1916.


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The- cake- that- drifts- in- water.

My body is both white and round.
In water, I may sink or swim.
The hand that kneads me may be rough-
I shall keep my true-red heart .

Hô Xuân Huong (18th century)

The Anthology of Vietnamese poems, Huynh Sanh Thông.

Bánh trôi nước.

The cake that drifts on water.Le gateau blanc flottant. Banh troi nuoc

A quoi ressemble ce fameux entremets de la poetesse Ho Xuan Huong? photos sur Mui Vi Que Nha (cliquer)