Diakuinya bahwa bahasa Vietnam mengandung sistem tata bahasa yang rumit, mencakup banyak bentuk kata kerja disertai perubahannya sesuai waktu, juga partikel berbeda yang digunakan dalam menyampaikan makna secara tepat. Bahasa ini pun memiliki kata ganti yang melimpah untuk mencerminkan status dan strata sosial.
Menurutnya lagi, bahasa Vietnam tergolong dalam bahasa nada. Artinya, makna kata bisa bervariasi tergantung nada yang digunakan saat mengucapkannya. Dengan begitu, mestinya menulis puisi menjadi sesuatu hal yang gampang. Terlebih lagi puisi tradisional Vietnam merupakan suatu bentuk seni yang kaya, beragam serta berakar kuat dalam budaya dan telah dipraktikkan selama berabad-abad, diwariskan secara lisan dari generasi ke generasi. Biasanya berfokus pada tema cinta, alam, dan kehidupan keseharian.
Akan tetapi, perempuan penyandang nama Lovebird sebagai nama pena ini berujar, “Saya malah tidak pernah menulis puisi sama sekali sewaktu masih di Vietnam. Entah bagaimana mulanya, saya lalu merasa bisa berekspresi, menumpahkan semua hal yang selama ini tersimpan dalam hati dan kepala, sesampainya saya di sini. Di Canada.”
Your Eyes
Feeling like
Looking at your eyes
Feeling like someone i knew
Listening what you keep in mind
Entering a new land with curiosity
Giving the chance of something happening
Letting the winds come and go
And Listening to the nature sings
Letting the sun touches your smiles
And let the snowflakes landing in your nose
But never letting your tear wiped away
And walking alone in your dreams
Asking again and again
Can i be in your closet?
Like the waves in the monsoon
Can i be your umbrella?
Running with you in the late afternoon
You
You said
You are so skeptical
You are confused about
The bread isn’t fluffy
The air isn’t clean
But
You do care
care about you
care about others
And
The door is open
The sun is shining
And
You
You asked yourself
Why i am so fuzzy
ME
YOU
You asked me
why the sky is golden
You asked me
why the clouds are dancing
You asked me
why the trees are sipping
Sipping the sunshine?
You
Came into my life
On the normal day
With yellow sunset
Seems like early May
I
Look through that door
To just look for you
To look in your eyes
To just wait for you
And,
Close my eyes
Leaves turn back to green
Close my window
Leaves turn back to yellow
And,
Open my eyes
To touch the snow
Open my eyes
To feel the waves
Still
Listen to that song
To see the sunset
To see the light
To see the tears
I asked myself
why you disappeared
I asked myself
who you truly are
ONE DAY
close your eyes
feel your heartbeat
like the waves in early springs
like the rainbow after the summer storms
But
open your eyes
listen to your heartbeat
like the sound of the winds
in the early days of autumn
safe and sound
slow and calm
Poems by Lovebird
Pics by @the_dilettantish_soul