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Thơ mỗi ngày IV

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  Thơ mỗi ngày A BIRD SINGS IN THE EVENING TO LILLIE ROBERTSON Above the vast city, plunged in darkness, breathing slowly, as if its earth were scorched, you, who sang once for Homer and for Cromwell, maybe even over Joan of Arc's gray ashes, you raise your sweet lament again, your bright keening; no one hears you, only in the lilac's black leaves, where unseen artists hide, a nightingale stirred, a little envious. No one hears you, the city is in mourning for its splendid days, days of greatness, when it too could grieve in an almost human voice.   Một con chím hót vào buổi chiều Bên trên thành phố rộng Chìm vào bóng tối Thở chầm chậm, như thể trái đất của nó bị huỷ diệt Mi, đã từng hát một lần cho Homer Và cho Cromwell, và còn có thể khóc Trên mớ tro xám của Joan of Arc Mi lại cất lên giọng than thở ngọt ngào của mi Tiếng kèn đám ma sáng ngời của mi; chẳng ai nghe Chỉ trong những chiếc lá lilac đen, Nơi những nghệ sĩ chẳng ai nhìn thấy, ẩn nấp Một con sơn ca khích động, hơi ...

Obituary | The missing bookseller

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  Obituary | The missing bookseller Lam Wing-kee, the bookseller who would not admit defeat The Hong Kong bookseller died on July 2nd, aged 70 Save Share Photograph: An Rong Xu/New York Times/Redux/Eyevine Jul 30th 2026 | 6 min read Listen to this story I t was the softness that frightened him. As he looked around his cell, he suddenly realised that the whole room looked as though it had been babyproofed: everything was wrapped in padding. The chairs and desks had been covered; the walls were softly padded; even the tap was swathed in plastic. If he had tried to dash his head against any of it, he would not have been able to break any bones. But why would you try to smash your head against a wall unless you were mad? That was when he felt afraid. People, he suddenly realised, had lost their minds in this cell. Almost everything that happened to Lam Wing-kee in those days felt unreal. Once, long before his arrest, before Hong Kong had been handed back to China in 1997, his life h...

Thơ Mỗi Ngày III

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  Thơ Mỗi Ngày RAINER MARIA RILKE LEDA Als ihn der Gott in seiner Not betrat, erschrak er fast, den Schwan so schon zu finden; er lieB sich ganz verwirrt in ihm verschwinden. Schon aber trug ihn sein Betrug zur Tat, bevor er noch des unerprobten Seins Gefuhle prufte. Und die Aufgetane erkannte schon den Kommenden im Schwane und wuBte schon: er bat um Eins, das sie, verwirrt in ihrem Widerstand, nicht mehr verbergen konnte. Er kam nieder und halsend durch die immer schwachre Hand lieB sich der Gott in die Geliebte los. Dann erst empfand er glucklich sein Gefieder und wurde wirklich Schwan in ihrem SchooB. LEDA When the god in his great need entered it, he was shocked almost to find the swan so beautiful; he disappeared inside it still surprised. But his deceit propelled him toward the deed before the senses of that untried life could be explored. And the unguarded woman saw at once who was coming in the swan and knew too well: he begged that thing of her which she, confused in her r...