From: htran@elesium.mitre.org (Hai Tran)
Subject: Re: [THO+]  Ho?i Anh Khi My~ Giao Ho`a
Organization: MITRE Corp., Washington Group, McLean, VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 14:16:30 GMT

	The poem and Q. Tran's achingly hilarious interpretation
reminds me of the following jokes going around the Pha^n Bo^. Ngoa.i
Thu+o+ng in Saigon where I worked from 1975-1978 before "I could take
it no more":

1. About the time of the so-called "October Revolution" in the
big-brother country, God said to the men and women who wondered what
they would become,"You could only have TWO of the THREE attributes:
SMART, HONEST, COMMUNIST. The choice is yours."


2. In 1976, there was the first National Assembly after the take-over
of South Vietnam but the crop that year was bad. The Prime Minister
Pham Van Dong sent a telegram to Brezhnev to ask for more food aid
instead of ammunitions. 
	Brezhnev replied, "You people have to tighten
your belts more."
	Dong then used Brezhnev's telegram as the topic for political
lessons about sacrifices. A clerk in the office sent back a telegram
to Brezhnev:

	"PLEASE SEND BELTS"
 
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In article <1992Dec23.175435.7398@leland.Stanford.EDU> qdt00@leland.Stanford.EDU (quan tran) writes:
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>># 		Ho?i Anh Khi My~ Giao Ho`a
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	.......

>># 	Ve^` na^ng da^.y Vie^.t Nam -dang qu.y nga~
>># 	Que^ mi`nh tro+? la.i va(n minh
>># 	Nhu+ -Da.i Ha`n, nhu+ Nha^.t Bo^?n, nhu+ Ta^y ...
>># 
>># 	Mo^.t mai khi My~ giao ho`a
>># 	Anh o+i ! Anh co' tro+? ve^` kho^ng anh ?
>># 	Ve^` nhe anh vo+'i ba.n be`
>># 	Cu`ng mang kho^'i chu+~ du+.ng xa^y nu+o+'c nha`.
>># 
>># 	Mo^.t mai khi My~ giao ho`a
>># 	Anh o+i ! Anh co' tro+? ve^` kho^ng anh ???
>># 
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>># 					  12/92
>># 				      
>># 					Xua^n Va(n
>># 
>
>
>To^i kho^ng ddu+o+.c ddo.c nguye^n va(n ba`i tho+ "Ho?i Anh Khi My~ Giao
>Ho`a" cu?a ba.n Xua^n Va(n. Tre^n dda^y la` tri'ch la.i tu+` ba`i
>"Re: [THO+]  Ho+i Anh Khi My~ Giao Ho`a" do ba.n Son Hung Cao vie^'t.
>Ne^'u co' gi` sai vo+'i ba?n chi'nh, xin ta'c gia? Xua^n Va(n tha thu+'.
>
>To^i kho^ng ro~ ba.n Xua^n Va(n co' ho. ha`ng chi vo+'i thi si~ Xua^n
>Die^.u hay kho^ng? Nhu+ng tho+ cu?a ba.n thi` qua? thu+.c vu+o+.t xa
>tho+ Xua^n Die^.u. Trong ca'c ddai. thi ha`o Vie^.t Nam, may ra chi? co'
>ba'c Ho^` mo+'i san'g ta'c ddu+o+.c nhu+~ng ba`i tho+ mang ta^`m vo'c
>vi~ dda.i nhu+ ba`i tho+ tre^n ma` tho^i. Ba'c Ho^` no^?i tie^'ng la`
>la`m tho+ kho^ng bi. ra`ng buo^.c bo+?i le^` lua^.t. Cha(?ng ha.n nhu+:
>
>   Co`n non, co`n nu+o+'c, co`n ngu+o+`i,
>   Tha('ng gia(.c My~, ta se~ xa^y du+.ng ho+n mu+o+`i nga`y nay.
>
>Co`n Xua^n Va(n thi` ddang the^? lu.c ba't bo^~ng xua^'t tha^`n
>chuye^?n sang tho+ tu+. do:
>
>   Ve^` nhe anh ! Ve^` nhe anh !
>   Ve^` na^ng da^.y Vie^.t Nam -dang qu.y nga~
>   Que^ mi`nh tro+? la.i va(n minh
>   Nhu+ -Da.i Ha`n, nhu+ Nha^.t Bo^?n, nhu+ Ta^y ...
>
>DDo' la` ve^` nhi.p ddie^.u. Ca'ch du`ng chu+~ thi` pha?i co^ng nha^.n
>la` Xua^n Va(n co`n ho+n ba'c Ho^` mo^.t ba^.c. Ba'c co' nhu+~ng ba`i
>tho+ ra^'t uye^n tha^m, tu+o+?ng nhu+ che'p nguye^n va(n cu?a Ly' Ba.ch.
>Nhu+ng cu~ng co' nhu+~ng ba`i tha^.t bi`nh da^n ma` ngu+o+`i ngu do^'t
>dde^'n ma^'y cu~ng pha?i hie^?u. Vi' du.:
>
>   Ho`n dda' to, ho`n dda' na(.ng,
>   Mo^.t ngu+o+`i va'c, va'c kho^ng dda(.ng...
>
>Co`n tho+ Xua^n Va(n thi` co' lu'c co^? ki'nh nhu+ kinh DDa.i Ta.ng, co'
>lu'c mo^.c ma.c nhu+ ca dao:
>
>   Ve^` nhe anh ! Ve^` nhe anh !
>
>Tha^.t tuye^.t! Chu+~ "nhe" vu+`a tu+o+.ng thanh, lai vu+`a tu+o+.ng
>hi`nh. Tu+o+.ng thanh vi` nghe nhu+ lo+`i i? o^i na(n ni?. Tu+o+.ng hi`nh
>vi` nhu+ tha^'y tru+o+'c ma('t con ca'o nhe nanh do.a na.t: "Bo.n pha?n
>ddo^.ng chu'ng ma`y lie^.u ma` ve^` ddoa'i co^ng chuo^.c to^.i vo+'i
>nha^n da^n". Mo^.t chu+~ "nhe" ma` die^~n ddu+o+.c ca? hai nghi~a,
>thie^'t tu+o+?ng du`ng chu+~ nhu+ va^.y ba'c Ho^` co' so^'ng la.i
>cu~ng pha?i cu'i dda^`u kha^m phu.c.
>
>Ke^'t ho+.p giu+~a khuye^n nhu? va` ra(n dde co`n ddu+o+.c the^? hie^.n
>o+? mo^.t va`i no+i kha'c:
>
>   Mo^.t mai khi My~ giao ho`a
>   Anh o+i ! Anh co' tro+? ve^` kho^ng anh
>   Hay anh so+. lua^.t ru+`ng xanh ...
>
>Ta'c gia? ngu. y' gi` vo+'i "lua^.t ru+`ng xanh"? Hay la` ta'c gia?
>muo^'n nha('c khe'o: "Co' ve^` Vie^.t Nam thi` ve^`, nhu+ng lie^.u ho^`n
>ddu+`ng ti toe no'i chuye^.n nha^n quye^`n nha^n que'o. O+? dda^y va^~n
>xa`i lua^.t ru+`ng"? Vu+`a gieo ddu+o+.c chu+~ "xanh" va^`n vo+'i chu+~
>"anh" o+? ca^u tre^n, la.i vu+`a go'i ghe'm ddu+o+.c ca?
>"pha'p ly' Xa~ Ho^.i Chu? Nghi~a" chi? trong mo^.t ca^u. Tha^.t kho^ng
>ngoa khi no'i: "Thi va(n thie^n ha. co' 3 bo^`, rie^ng Xua^n Va(n dda~
>chie^'m ma^'t 2, ba'c Ho^` ddu+o+.c nu+?a bo^`, co`n nu+?a bo^` thi`
>ddem chia cho mo.i ngu+o+`i".
>
>DDe^? ke^'t thu'c ba`i "Bi`nh tho+" na`y, to^i xin ba^`y to? lo`ng
>cu+.c ky` ha^m mo^., va` mong nha` tho+ Xua^n Va(n sa'ng ta'c
>the^m nhie^`u ba`i tu+o+ng tu+. nhu+ ba`i "Ho?i Anh Khi My~ Giao Ho`a".
>To^i cu~ng xin ddo'ng go'p mo^.t va`i y' kie^'n ve^` va^'n dde^`
>"Anh co' tro+? ve^` kho^ng anh?". Theo to^i bie^'t, hie^.n nay
>chi'nh phu? My~ chi? ca^'m buo^n ba'n vo+'i Vie^.t Nam, chu+' kho^ng
>nga(n ca^'m vie^.c ve^` Vie^.t Nam du li.ch, cu+o+'i vo+., va^n va^n.
>La.i ca`ng kho^ng nga(n ca^'m vie^.c ve^` VN dde^? giu'p nu+o+'c.
>Ba.n co' the^? ve^` Vie^.t Nam ngay ba^y gio+`, kho^ng ca^`n ddo+.i
>dde^'n khi My~ giao ho`a. To^i dde^` nghi. ba.n Xua^n Va(n ha~y ngay
>tu+'c kha('c la^'y ve' ve^` nu+o+'c, ddem ta`i va(n chu+o+ng ra phu.c
>vu. da^n to^.c. Nu+o+'c nha` ddang ca^`n nhu+~ng ngo`i bu't nhu+ ba.n.
>Ba.n o+? be^n dda^y the^m mo^.t nga`y na`o thi` a(n ngon, ma(.c a^'m,
>lo+.i danh, nhung lu.a, ... se~ la`m mai mo^.t ta`i na(ng cu?a ba.n
>ddi ma^'t.
>
>Mo^.t la^`n nu+~a, xin nghie^ng min`h ba'i phu.c. A^'y che^'t, co`n
>que^n mo^.t ddie^`u. Sau khi to+'i VN an toa`n, nho+' bie^n thu+ cho
>chu'ng to^i bie^'t. Mong la('m thay.
>
>
>Q. Tran.
>
>DISCLAIMER: The above opinion is my own, a humble person admiring Xua^n
>Va(n the poet. It does not by any means reflect Stanford University's
>point of view.
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