From: nguyenpd@ntmtv.UUCP (Phat Nguyen)
Subject: REPLY TO "HOI? ANH KHI MY~ GIAO HOA`"
Originator: nguyenpd@nmtvs315
Reply-To: nguyenpd@ntmtv.UUCP (Phat Nguyen)
Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:37:04 GMT


Hi other netters,

Usually I am not a poetic person.  I never write poem in my life.
But when I read the poem written by Xua^n Va(n "Hoi? Anh Khi My~ 
Giao Hoa`," I suddenly feel poetic.  So here is my response to 
Xua^n Va(n question:



		Ho?i Anh Khi My~ Giao Ho`a??


	Mo^.t mai khi My~ giao ho`a
	Anh o+i ! Anh nho+' ddu+`ng ve^` Vie^.t Nam
	Ve^` chi khi le^. da^n tra`o
	Ngu.c a^m co`n ddo' giu+? bao dda^n mi`nh

	Mo^.t mai khi My~ giao ho`a
	Anh o+i ! Anh nho+' ddu+`ng ve^` nhe anh.
	DDu+`ng ve^` giu'p tu.i Co^.ng no^
	DDu+`ng ve^` giu'p chu'ng ba'n que^ hu+o+ng mi`nh

        Ba'n que^ hu+o+ng dda^n mi`nh dda~ kho^?
	Bo.n Co^.ng no^ quo+ he^'t tie^`n "ddo^"
	Nga`y nga`y chu'ng la.i e'p "co^"
	Chu'ng ba^y pha?n ddo^.ng tao cho ddi tu`

	Mo^.t mai khi My~ giao ho`a
	Anh o+i ! Anh nho+' ddu+`ng ve^` nhe anh.
	DDu+`ng ve^` xa^y cho^'n la^`u xanh
	DDu+`ng ve^` giu'p chu'ng ha.i bao nhie^u ngu+o+i`

        Tie^`n "ddo^ la" anh cho em nho?
	Bo.n quy? ddo? xo+i he^'t anh o+i.
	Sau khi chu'ng dda~ say ho+i
	Go+~ tru+o+`ng go+~ cho+. ba'n be^n cho+. tro+`i
        
	Tie^`n "ddo^ la" anh cho em nho?
	Bo.n quy? ddo? la^'y he^'t anh o+i.
	DDe^m dde^m chu'ng lai. dda'nh ho+i
	"Dda^`u tie^n" em ha? ?? Kho^ng ddi "u? to+`"

        Chu'ng thu tie^`n trong tui' re^?ng ra~ng
	Xong ro^`i chu'ng la.i ve^nh vang
        Hoi? em: "U? to+`", "du ni.ch-sex tour": 
	Pha^.n ba^y dda~ ro? cho+' ne^n be~ ba`ng

	Mo^.t mai khi My~ giao ho`a
	Anh o+i ! Anh nho+' ddu+`ng ve^` Vie^.t Nam

	Ro^`i mo^.t mai que^ hu+o+ng mi`nh sa'ng to?
	Bo.n quy? ddo? dda~ bo? xa'c tha^y
	Ba^'y gio+` anh ha~y cao bay
	Tro+? ve^` que^ me. xa^y ti`nh que^ hu+o+ng

	Ve^` dda^y xa^y lai. ma'i tru+o+`ng
	Ve^` xa^y dda('p lai. que^ hu+o+ng nu+o+'c nha`



				   12/90


                                   Phat


I realize that there are other netters who are interested in
Vietnamese culture, but who cannot read Vietnamese so they
usually skip when they encounter a poem on the net.  So here
is my translation for the poem for those who don't understand
Vietnamese very well.


      A RESPONSE TO "ASK YOU, MY DEAR BROTHER!  WOULD YOU COME
      BACK TO VIETNAM WHEN THE U.S. AND VIETNAM NORMALIZE?"

       (Written from a point of view of a Vietnamese girl
	who still lives under the Communist Vietnam)


      If one day the U.S. and Vietnam normalize
      Please don't go back there my dear brother
      Don't go back there when tears are still rolling down
      Don't go back there when our people still still live
      in hell and their lives are being tortured and sackled.

      If one day the U.S. and Vietnam normalize
      Please don't go back there my dear brother
      Please don't go back there to help the devilish Communists
      And please don't go back there to help them to sell our
      motherland.

      The Communists only know how to oversell our motherland's precious
      resources
      And they will take all of the money and still leave our
      people hungry and poor
      Everyday they will tell our relatives:
      Prison will be your home if you dare to say anything

      If one day the U.S. and Vietnam normalize
      Please don't go back there my dear brother
      Please don't go back there and help the Communists building the
      prostitute houses and sex tour disguised under "Tourism"
      And please don't help them force the innocent children into
      those whore houses in order to serve foreigners.


      The money that you bring back home for our kids to build school
      The Communists confiscate all of them
      They use it to pamper themselves in liquor and sex
      And after they run out of money, they take down the kid's school
      -- assuming anything is left over -- and sell these rubble on
      the black market

      And then the money that you give to your younger sister
      The Communist comrade also takes it all away
      Every night they come to her house asking sweetly
      "I give to three choices:   1.  You give me all of your money.
				  2.  You become my sex slave.
				  3.  Jail time"


      After they have confiscated the money and it fill their pocket
      They tell the girl enthusiastically: 
      "Jail time, sex tour will be your only way out and you should
      be grateful because the Party has pardoned you"


      If one day the U.S. and Vietnam normalize
      Please don't go back there my dear brother


      One day when the dawn comes to our country
      When there aren't any Communists around
      Then it's time for you to come home
      To rebuild our Vietnamese pride


      To rebuild the schools
      and to rebuild our country.


                                     12/92

				     Phat
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