From: atn10@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Anh Tuan Nguyen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [tho]CHICAGO
Date: 9 Nov 92 02:51:00 GMT
Reply-To: <@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com,@juts.ccc.amdahl.com:atn10@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>

Xin -du+o+.c post la.i ba`i tho+ na`y cu?a Kim Ye^'n. Ca'm o+n K.Y
-da~ la`m tu.i na`y (T.A & B.K) nho+' la.i nhu+~ng nga`y tha'ng
e^m -de^`m va` tu+o+i -de.p nha^'t o+? Chicago. Mong ra(`ng nhu+~ng
ngu+o+`i ba.n mo+'i quen (T.P, B.H & M.D) se~ co' di.p -de^'n tha(m
tha`nh pho^' gio'.


                              CHICAGO

             No+i to^i o+? mang te^n tha`nh pho^' gio'
             Ngu+o+`i vi' ra(`ng no+i xu+' la.nh ti`nh no^`ng
             Chicago tha`nh pho^' nhu+~ng chie^`u -do^ng
             Vo+'i gio' lo^.ng va` nhu+~ng nga`y ba~o tuye^'t
             Tuy xu+' la.nh nhu+ng ro+i -da^y ra^'t tuye^.t
             Tuy gia' ba(ng nhu+ng la` cho^'n kie^u hu`ng
             Tu+`ng nha` cao su+`ng su+~ng giu+~a tro+`i -do^ng
             Va^~n -du+'ng vu+~ng giu+~a ba~o bu`ng mu+a na('ng
             Ngo^i nha` Sears cao vu't tu+`ng ma^y tra('ng
            -Da^y la` no+i du kha'ch do~i ma('t nhi`n
             Mo^.t ma`u -den cho't vo't tha^.t la` xinh
             La` ha~nd die^.n cu?a mo^.t nga`nh kie^'n tru'c
             Ho^` Michigan mo^.t ma`u xanh nhu+ ngo.c
             La` mo^.t trong ca'i -de.p "Ngu~ -da.i ho^`"
             So'ng ri` ra`o, so'ng vo^~ nu+o+'c ba.c vo^
             Tu+`ng do`ng nu+o+'c cuo^.n quanh tha`nh pho^' gio'
             No+i to^i o+?, ca'c ba.n o+i co' ro~
             Buckingham Fountain du+o+'i a'nh -de`n ma`u
             Vo`i nu+o+'c phun, cao vu't tha^.t la` cao
             La` tu+.a -die^?m cu?a -de^m he` da.o pho^'
             Na`o Grand Park vo+'i vu+o+`n ho^`ng ru+.c ro+~
             Michigan Avenue vo+'i na`o tie^.m na`o tu`ng
             Wendella boat ride -du+a du kha'ch ra so^ng
             Da.o ven bie^?n khi hoa`ng ho^n cho+.t xuo^'ng
             Khi go^'i mo?i ca'c ba.n o+i co' muo^'n
             Du+`ng cha^n ta thu+o+?ng thu+'c nhu+~ng mo'n ngon
             Uptown Vie^.t Nam tha^.t ro^.n ra~, va^.p vo^`n
             No+i co' -du? ca'c mo'n a(n thua^`n tuy'
             Na`o qua'n Mekong, nho+' do`ng so^ng na(m cu~
             No. Ha^.u Giang a^'p u? nhu+~ng a^n ti`nh
             Chie^u -da~i vie^n vo'c da'ng tha^.t la` xinh
             Tie^'p -da~i kha'ch ra^'t a^n ca^`n hoa` nha~
             Ca'c mo'n a(n thi` tha^.t la` -da'ng gia'
             Cha^'t chu+'a -da^`y mu`i vi. cu?a que^ hu+o+ng
             Co' -di xa mo+'i tha^'y nhu+~ng kha'c thu+o+`ng
             Va` tha^'y quy' nhu+~ng mu`i hu+o+ng da^n to^.c
             Ro^`i tro+? la.i vo+'i Lake Shore gio' lo^.ng
             Da.o ca?nh khuya, xe tho^? mo^. -du+a cha^n
             Ho^`i tu+o+?ng que^ hu+o+ng vo+'i ca?m gia'c la^ng la^ng
             Ro^`i du+`ng bu+o+'c no+i toa` John Hancock
             Ninety Fifth floor, toa` nha` cao no^?i ba^.t
             Du+o+'i tro+`i khuya ta se~ nga('m sao -de^m
             Tha`nh pho^' ve^` khuya la^'p la'nh a'nh -de`n
             Ta ngo+~ -du+'ng no+i thie^n -du+o+`ng nhi`n xuo^'ng
             Tra.m cuo^'i cu`ng, China Town ta -do^?i hu+o+'ng
             Seven Treasures qua'n co^'c nho? ve^` khuya
             Mi` Qua?ng, cha'o khuya hu+o+ng vi. vi?a he`
             Cu?a Cho+. Lo+'n nhu+~ng na(m na`o que^ cu~
             Khi no bu.ng va` ba('t -da^`u u? ru~
             La` vu+`a khi ta cha^'m du+'t mo^.t nga`y
             Chicago tha`nh pho^' cu?a ho^m nay
             Va` ma~i ma~i la` no+i ta va^~n nho+'

                                                              K.Y