Top 10 Most Beautiful Love Poems by Poet Chế Lan Viên

The trees softly whisper with the wind

The shadows carry fragrant souls down the street

Perhaps a distant temple, far away

On the faith that pours like the ringing bells

My soul has also started the night

You should become the mist, soft and gentle

You should become the light that brightens the leaves

And in the gift of longing, you become yourself.

The sun, gentle like old silk

Shades the ancient roots, as the green leaves fall

The evening breeze blows, scentless and still

Rising to the high branches, stirring the dust of the path

Oh, silence, embracing her eternal presence

The timeless evening, shyly mourning the separation

A boundless soul invites the intoxication of love

Endless love lures the soul to soar

Oh, let the grieving soul spread its wings

Oh, let the evening air bring a chill of sorrow

In the quiet dusk, where the wind carries no scent

Our love, like the dust of the road

Rising to the sky, unable to send our souls aloft

The wings of love, heavy with delicate hearts

And across the evening, countless lonely voids

Invisible, waiting for the soul to pass through dusk

Oh, the eternal silence of the evening sun

Feeling like we have never been separated

As the leaves softly weep from the branches

The river of time flows gently to the shore of a green day

Shading the old roots, as the green leaves fall

The spring blanket covers the sun, golden like old silk

My soul hears the quiet sorrow from deep within

A funeral procession carries the soul to a sorrowful grave

The bright branches, now bathed in the last rays of sun

My heart feels like a funeral, without any call

And my soul, what funeral does it belong to

As it sways in the breeze, the leaves whisper?

I am as distant from you as the land is from the sea

In the deep of night, I can feel your waves reaching out

You, so familiar, have turned into a stranger

Just as I’m about to meet you, the waves push me further away

I cannot sleep. Perhaps it’s because you are on my mind

A sky full of burning stars, between us

You close your eyes, letting my heart calm its storm

So the stars above can rest and flowers fall for the night.

When you turn your back to me

We are separated by the circumference of the Earth

But when our eyes meet in the gaze of one another

There is no distance left between us in the universe.

You walk towards that distant place

I share with you my sorrow

I share with you the gentle rain

And the strange light of the late afternoon sun

A morning kiss

Turns into an afternoon shower

I share with you that rain

As we part, my love

The warm sun brings us close

But apart, it becomes an eerie light

Why must we share that sun

Only for the pain of separation to follow?

The first cold of the season, I shiver far from you

The long night chills the blanket, dividing it in two

One half covers you, where the waves crash

The other half, I keep for myself, where you're no longer by my side.

You went to Kien Xuong

This season has many storms

My room is hazy with mist

Missing you feels like longing for sunlight

This afternoon I’m sick alone

With your absence beside me

The wind teases me as it blows

The door is closed, but it still knocks

The road is a hundred kilometers long

I wish you were here with me

Covering me with a thick blanket

And watching me fall asleep

Then you’ll head back to Thai Binh...

Back to the small county of Kien Xuong

Leaving the sky beside the window

A green, endless green...

You leave, like the evening leaving

Calling the garden birds to fly away

You return, like the dawn returning

To the forest, green with fresh sprouts

You stay, and the midday stays

With the sunlight, green and covering all

Your love is like the late stars

Spreading golden seeds, so abundant

What’s there to fear, as birds fly away?

Bringing the evening shadows far

Our love is like the fresh green buds

Calling the morning sun back again

Even if the midday sun doesn’t stay

We still have the stars of the night

Happiness blooms above our heads

With stars, golden and abundant

Tomorrow, your flowers will return...

As I pass here, I remember myself

The wind and the moon cannot express the pain of my love

The wind blows sorrow over the desolate shore

When I’m far from you, does the light in my eyes still shine with longing?

Time flows hidden within my heart

Whispers of pain echo in the silent night, in the sorrow of a love that’s lost.

I no longer wish for the world to turn

For days and months to chase each other endlessly

Spring, do not return! Summer, do not set the sky ablaze!

Let autumn pass! Let winter not steal my peace!

The earth turns, and my heart shakes with the rhythm of time

My sorrow seeps deep into the void of existence!

As the days pass, the Cham bricks crumble away

The Cham towers fall under the hazy light of the moon!

Summer’s fire rages, with bitterness rising to the sky!

The autumn winds cut through, freezing my very soul!

As winter's evening fades, like the bloom of spring

But only adding more sorrow and suffering to my heart!

Oh creator! Return me to the land of Cham!

Take me far from this fleeting world!

Every sight of life only fills me with disdain!

Every joy reminds me of decay and destruction!

Grant me a cold, distant star

A solitary star at the edge of the heavens!

So I can escape from all my worries and sorrow

In that faraway place, free from pain and grief!