Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 14 Dec 1992 12:49:25 CST
From: Tho Ba Nguyen <U12732@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Tho+ "Ngu+o+`i li'nh gi`a H.O."


                       Ngu+o+`i li'nh gi`a HO,
                   To^i bie^'t anh trong bu+~a tie^.c lie^n hoan,
                   Tay xie^'t tay, buo^?i ga(.p go+~ ban -da^`u,
                   Na^ng cao ly, to^i tha^`m u+o+'c nguye^.n ca^`u:
                   "Xin Thu+o+.ng -De^' ban phu+o+'c la`nh cho ho."
                   Ho. la` ngu+o+`i -da~ ne^'m nhie^`u -dau kho^?,
                   Bao na(m qua trong nhu+~ng tra.i lao tu`,
                   Cu?a cuo^.c so^'ng vo+'i tu+o+ng lai mi.t mu`,
                   Chuo^~i -de^m, nga`y, le^ the^ da`i vo^ ta^.n.

                   Anh nhi`n to^i, a'nh ma('t -da^`y ua^'t ha^.n,
                   -Do^i vai ga^`y rung nhe., gio.ng buo^`n tra^`m,
                   Anh ke^? la.i tho+`i gian bi. giam ca^`m,
                   No+i ru+`ng thie^ng nu+o+'c -do^.c tre^n -da^'t ba('c:
                   "Que^ hu+o+ng to^i, mie^`n -do^`ng ba(`ng phu+o+ng ba('c,
                   Pha?i xa ro+`i, khi -da^'t nu+o+'c chia -do^i,
                   -Da~ tham gia chie^'n -da^'u trong Qua^n -Do^.i,
                   Kha('p chie^'n tru+o+`ng, tu+` Be^'n Ha?i to+'i Ca` Ma^u."
                   Anh chi? va`o em be', ma(.t a^u sa^`u:
                   "To^i ra -di, no' co`n -dang a(~m ngu+?a,
                   Va` nha` to^i cu~ng mang ba^`u da. chu+?a,
                   Con cha`o -do+`i, -da^u co' tha^'y ma(.t cha.
                   To^i nha^.n tin khi co`n o+? phu+o+ng xa,
                   Xa xo^i la('m, no+i ngu.c tu` mie^`n ba('c,
                   Vo+'i mu`a -do^ng co' mu+a phu`n gi'o ba^'c,
                   Ao' mong manh kho^ng che a^'m tha^n ga^`y.
                   O^i bao nhie^u tu?i nhu.c la^~n -do.a -da^`y,
                   Co+m thay ba(`ng cu? sa('n vo+'i bo bo,
                   Ne^'u o^'m -dau, chi? co`n ca'ch na(`m co,
                   -Da^u co' thuo^'c men cu`ng ngu+o+`i sa(n so'c.
                   -Da^y nha` to^i, ngu+o+`i ga^`y go` su+'c vo'c,
                   -Da~nhie^`u la^`n pha?i hy sinh ba'n ma('u,
                   -De^? cho con -du+o+.c bu+~a co+m bu+~a cha'o,
                   Chu+a na(m mu+o+i, ma` to'c -da~ -do^?i ma^`u.
                   Co`n to^i -da^y, chu+~ nghi~a -da~ bo? la^u,
                   Nay gi`a ro^`i, hy vo.ng gi` ho.c no^?i,
                   Tho^i cu~ng -da`nh cho cuo^.c so^'ng buo^ng tro^i,
                   Nhu+ chie^'c la' tu+` tu+` ro+i ve^` co^.i."

                   "Kho^ng -da^u anh!", to^i vo^.i va~ tra? lo+`i,
                   Mong -dem la.i mo^.t va`i ca^u an u?i,
                   -De^? anh que^n no^~i u phie^`n buo^`n tu?i:
                   "To^? Quo^'c -dang ca^`n nhie^`u ngu+o+`i go'p su+'c.
                   Ne^'u -dem so vo+'i nhu+~ng te^n ke'm -du+'c,
                   Tuy co' ta`i, nhu+ng vi` i'ch lo+.i rie^ng,
                   No'i huynh hoang cho su+o+'ng mo^`m su+o+'ng mie^.ng,
                   Anh tha^.t ho+n chu'ng ha`ng nghi`n ha`ng va.n."

                   Anh nhi`n to^i, trong a'nh ma('t sa'ng la.n,
                   Xie^'t cha(.t tay, nhu+ng kho^ng no'i mo^.t ca^u....
                   ................................................
                   Ngu+o+`i li'nh gi`a, gi~a bie^.t -da~ tu+` la^u,
                   Nhu+ng sao va^~n in sa^u trong ta^m kha?m.

                                       Ba' Tho.