Cat Kelly´s Autobiography "I had left my Homeland (ADIEU mon pays)"...will be published one day!



Bonjour Vietnam!

Music Video

Tell me this name, strange and difficult to pronounce
That I have carried since my birth
Tell me the old empire and the feature of my slanted eyes
Describing me better than what you dare not say
I only know you from the war images

A Coppola movie (and) the angry helicopters
Someday, I will go there, someday, to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam.

Tell me my color, my hair and my small feet
That I have carried since my birth
Tell me your house, your street, tell me the unknown entity
The floating markets and the wooden sampans
I could recognize my country from the war photos.

A Coppola movie (and) the angry helicopters
Someday, I will go there, someday, to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam.

The temples and the stone-carved Buddha statues for my fathers
The stooping women in the rice fields for my mothers
Praying in the light to see my brothers again
To touch my soul, my roots, my land

Someday, I will go there, someday, to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam.

by Pham Quynh Anh




 



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