Opening the poem 'Lullaby singing for the big babies on their mother's backs'.

A few ways to open an excerpt from 'Lullaby singing for the big babies on their mother's backs' by Nguyen Khoa Diem.

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World poetry in general and Vietnamese poetry in particular have countless poems written about mothers. We have known about the lush verses of love for mothers in 'The foster mother' and 'Winter evening' by Pushkin or the longing, comforting, and encouraging feelings for mothers back home through every line of Esenin's 'Letter to mother'. In our national literature, we enjoy marvelous verses expressing love and respect for mothers in the poetry of Tran Dang Khoa, Xuan Quynh, or Che Lan Vien. Especially, in Nguyen Khoa Diem's poetry, we encounter an immortal work praising the vitality in labor, the resilient struggle in resistance, and the boundless maternal love, that is the poem 'Lullaby singing for the big babies on their mother's backs'.
 

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Vietnamese mothers during the war may be ordinary women, but they are far from ordinary. In them, there is not only love, noble sacrifice, but also courage, perseverance, and resilience of Uncle Ho's soldiers. I was deeply moved by the mother's love when reading the verses of Che Lan Vien in 'The stork', proud to know many more in the shadow of mother Suot, every day firmly steering the boat for the soldiers across the river in To Huu's poetry. And even more love, admiration for the heroic Vietnamese mothers when learning the poem 'Lullaby singing for the big babies on their mother's backs', a poem written in 1948, during the fiery resistance days against colonialism.
 

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There are songs that are never forgotten and poems that linger for a thousand years. Literature has taken humanity from these emotions to other profound sentiments, touching the human soul with the utmost authenticity. Particularly, the poetry of the resistance era has vividly portrayed for us the fierce war years, the husbands leaving wives for battle, the children leaving families to fight on the front lines, and even the grandmothers and mothers laboring and fighting alongside their children. In 1971, a poem was born that moved and impressed many with the image of the Tà-ôi mother nurturing her child while participating in the struggle. That poem is titled 'Lullaby singing for the big babies on their mother's backs' by poet Nguyen Khoa Điềm, a poem that, no matter how time may pass, will forever remain intact in the hearts of its readers.
 

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If during the years of fighting the French, there was the image of the 'Bằng Việt' grandmother in 'Kitchen Fire' providing a solid rear base for her children to advance to the front lines. Then during the fierce years of resisting the Americans, the image of the Tà-ôi mother by Nguyen Khoa Điềm stands out as both a steadfast rear base and a participant in revolutionary support. The Tà-ôi mother emerges in the poem with a simple yet immensely grand image. That mother loves her child, and that love is intertwined with love for the village, love for the country, with a resilient spirit, with a desire for freedom and national liberation. The poem, with its tender, sweet tone through the lullabies it invokes, awakens in each person's heart the love, the belief in the silent heroes—the Tà-ôi mother, representing countless mothers in the world.