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Thanh Hai was a poet who matured during the period when the country was striving to resist the Americans. Immersed in the heroic rhythm of the nation, Thanh Hai had his own creations about the people and the country during this period. In 1980, when the country had been through heated resistance for 5 years and the poet was then lying on his sickbed, he wrote those pure-hearted and passionate verses about the country. This is a representative poem of Vietnamese poetry during this period: “Mua xuan nho nho”.

The opening stanza presents a spring scene:

Rising in the blue river

Is a violet purple flower

Oh, the skylark

Singing so loudly in the sky

Every shimmering drop falls

I reach out my hand to catch.

Inverted language: “Rising” along with “a” at the beginning of the verse not only describes a purple flower conspicuously rising in the clear blue river background but also reveals a whole process of reproduction and development. On the extraordinary backdrop of spring stands a purple flower pulsating with a fervent life force, a tremendously vigorous vitality. The spring scenery with the bright hues of the purple flower and blue river refreshes the soul.

The "Oh" at the beginning of the third verse sounds like an affectionate, tender call. The skylark's chirping resonates, stirring both land and sky. Personification makes the bird in the poem feel closer than ever. Sensory transformation in the line: “Every shimmering drop falls” leads one to imagine these might be raindrops of spring or the sweet sound droplets of the bird's song or the image of the bird soaring high, releasing its clear, round, and resounding song. The sound does not fade, does not disappear but condenses into visible shimmering drops like pearls. These pearl droplets are cherished and revered by the author as he “reaches out to catch them.” The spring scene presents the distinctive features of Hue with its vast, airy, colorfully harmonized space. The poet opens all his senses to perceive it. The stanza contains music, painting, akin to the poet's soul soaring delightedly amidst nature.

Confronted with the spring of the country, Thanh Hai has different perceptions:

Spring of the armed people

Buds adorn their backs

Spring of the people in the fields

Buds spread across the rice paddies

All seem hurried

All seem excited.

Images of “armed people,” “people in the fields” symbolize spring, those making spring's history. The image of “buds” is a metaphor for young green buds, for vitality, the burgeoning essence of valuable outcomes. Young buds accompany soldiers to the battlefield, as farmers spread across their fields. Parallel and contrasting art creates a pair of symbolic images representing two types of people: those at the front, those at the rear. These are people bringing spring to the country, creating spring for the nation. The repetitive structure: “All seem” along with the repeating words “hurried, excited” depict the atmosphere of setting off, urgency, vibrancy, zeal amidst challenging times. The stanza:

The country, four thousand years

Of hardships and struggles

The country like a star

Keeps moving forward.

Utilizing personification and comparisons turns the country into a person: “hardship, struggle” conveys its steady, enduring, and bright spirit. The metaphor of the country as a star seems to reaffirm the nation's eternal brightness against time and the universe. Through the stanza, one can see faith in a broad, solid future, the unwavering confidence of entering a new century, an era of freedom, independence.

Before the spring of nature and the spring of the country, the author contemplates:

Let me be the singing bird

Let me be a flower twig

Let me join in the painting song

A poignant low note.

The author wishes to be a singing bird to offer clear resonant tunes, wishes to be a flower twig to offer fragrance to life. The author also wishes to be “a poignant low note” in life’s symphony, silently bringing pure sounds into harmony. The poet's simple wish reflects a beautiful life concept, responsibility to communal life.

A little spring

Silently dedicated to life

Whether at twenty years

Whether with silver hair.

For the author, his spring is “a little spring” contributing to the great spring of the country. That spring remains “silent,” quietly devoted with love, enthusiasm, modesty, silence. The repeated phrase: “whether” along with the metonymy in the last two lines “twenty years” symbolizing youth, “silver hair” symbolizing old age. At any stage, the author aspires to contribute. Thanh Hai's verses serve as a summary of his life, evoking emotional associations for readers and steeped in humanistic philosophy. The final stanza is a tribute to the country:

Spring – let me sing

The melody Nam ai, Nam binh

The country of thousand miles

The country of thousand miles love

To the rhythm of Hue's land.

Intensely fierce emotions erupt into a beloved, proud song in the voluntary melody of his homeland Hue. One must be a person dedicatedly, lovingly living, a soul brimming with life force to sing a praise from life like Thanh Hai. That song stays with time, with the country, defying all natural laws of impermanence. The poem “Mua xuan nho nho” in the five-word verse form associated with folk tunes suitable for expressing emotions has painted an entire picture of the spring of nature, the spring of the country. The poem’s rhythm and tone align with the author’s eager and passionate emotion, making it hard for readers to believe these are the verses of one nearing the end of life. The country increasingly progresses, the spring of the country grows ever more beautiful, but the verses “Mua xuan nho nho” continue to transcend time because it not only reflects Thanh Hai's emotions but also impart profound humanistic lessons.