Top 20 Beautiful Poems by Poet Cảnh Hưng

SENDING YOU MY LOVE

Poem by Cảnh Hưng.

I gather the warmth of past sunlight

And send it to keep you warm during the cold winter days

While outside, the misty evening hangs

Here, the world is already blooming into spring

My hands lift the apricot buds, freshly bloomed

The golden spring feels so distant from you

Someone’s dress catches the color of the evening

As spring dances through the sky and earth

Out there and here, the distance is far too great

So the seasons split between two worlds

The old path still holds flowers and sunlight

And spring still waits for your return

I send a bit of spring’s warmth to you

And all my love from my homeland

The soldier’s footsteps are full of longing

As seasons drift far apart in separation...

I HATE YOU

Poem by Canh Hung.

I hate you

For all kinds of reasons

I hate your eyes that always make me feel dizzy

Oh, that captivating gaze

It pierces into the deepest part of my soul

Making sleep restless at night

My dreams always restless

I hate you

I hate your sharp haircut, so cool

I hate your thoughtful forehead, always guessing my thoughts

Yet you pretend like you don't know

I hate your half-smile, so ambiguous...

On your dry, thirsty lips

I hate you

Because whenever you speak

I feel a sharp pain in my heart

When I realize your gaze

Isn't just for me

But for someone else too

Drifting with them

While my soul drowns in the soft melody

I hate you

I hate the lonely mornings

I hate the quiet afternoons

I hate the rainy nights

I hate the sunny days

I hate the time passing slowly

And the empty roads without you

Making me ache with longing

I hate you

Because you know how to write poetry

Why are there so many women in your verses?

So many emotions, so many struggles

Which one is because of me?

Which one is for me?

Oh, I don’t know!

I hate you: why make me remember

That in your poems, it's not just about me

I hate you

Because you keep silent

You don’t share what I want to say

What’s in that “black box” of yours that you can’t...

No matter how upset I get

You stay silent

Yes

I hate you for all these reasons

Expressing my true feelings

But keeping one secret to myself:

When I added everything I hated about you

I realized

I have secretly...fallen in love with you!

PEACE

Poem by Canh Hung.

You return, and flowers bloom peacefully

Birds sing

AT THE END OF THE DAY...

Poem by Canh Hung

Whose boat

passes the lonely shore

Leaving the verse

that falls

beside the evening

on the river's edge

The oar

stirs the calm

of a loving shore

And love flows

down the Yangtze river

The person returns

stands still in life

Suddenly lost

regretful

of the faraway sky

The journey

long or short through the years

And the hair brushed...

whispers farewell.

NCH 12/2018.

A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE LOVE SONG

Poem by Canh Hung.

So, we raise the cup...

exchange the drink

So, we dedicate our whole lives

to each other

From now on

to the distant past

Your eyes send

your smile in return

with passion

Two hearts

strangers

Unite their rhythm

in the same

melody of love

And so, a family is born

Along with... each “flicker of candlelight”

shining warmly together

And so...

we finish the drink!

Vow to journey through this world

for a hundred years!

NCH 12/2018.

YOU…

Poem by Canh Hung.

Light each

candle shining

Celebrating the saint’s feast

the bell tolls

drifting away

The foolish rain is gone

Sending you

a thousand joyful sunbeams of the morning

Sending love

with a full heart

A little late autumn

a fragile flower at the end of fall

Oh, you

gentle, humble figure

Still with me

lost in the melody of love

Oh, you

kindling the warm flame

Braving the cold

ignoring the storm

blazing bright

The hymn of praise resounds

Your heart, soaked in every verse of the prayer

NCH 25/12/2018.

LOVE FROM AFAR...

Poem by Canh Hung

The café is empty now

Only me, all alone

Surrounded by sadness

With a cup of bitter coffee

Oh, my love

You're far away

How the longing swells up

And fills my thoughts

Is it cold there, my dear?

Does the rain fall by your door?

Can you hear a thousand memories?

Growing stronger with each passing day

I wish the wind could carry

My kisses to you

To warm your lips

And bring warmth to your soul

We love from afar

So we are different from the rest

Here's a poem filled with love

To gift you as my present

At night, by my pillow

Do you know, far away

I feel just like you

Longing for each other intensely

Because we are far apart

Love comes with its own sacrifices

Why feel sad anymore, my dear?

Let's just accept each other

And one day, when flowers bloom

I’ll return to be by your side

Because our love was destined

So don’t mind the distance

NCH 8/1/2019

DREAMY HUE

Poem by Canh Hung

I returned to visit dreamy Hue

Asked my beloved, where are you now?

The longing sent to Van Lau pier

Truong Tien, oh, how many bridges are there to connect souls?

The Imperial Citadel... for how many years

Waiting for someone... silently, covered in moss

Ngự Bình stands there, lost in thought

As the sunset turns the Huong River purple

Morning and night, the Thiên Mụ pagoda resonates

Spreading prayers for peace to everyone

Hue, oh Hue, how I cherish your smile

To those who promised by the Thiên An hill

Huyen Khong stands amidst the thousand clouds

Lăng Cô, with its heavenly beauty

I love you, I love the entire image

Oh, gentle and sweet Hue girl

Your poem hat tilted so elegantly

You guide people through many dreamy places...

Hue, enchanting... leaves me in awe

Hue, as beautiful as a lyrical poem.

NCH.

LULLABY...

Poem by Canh Hung

Lull the sun

Then lull the rain

I gather

All four seasons

To lull you

The tune of longing

Still the same

Day dreams, night hopes

When will it be?

Chasing after the future

With wrinkled skin

And gray hair

Still... lull

Softly

The sweet, gentle voice

Once, I lulled you closely

Now, I lull you from afar

Lulling love

As if lulling myself

Lulling you

But it turns out, I'm lulling... love

Quietly lulling

Each drop of silence

Come back now

So that we can - together

Lull each other!

NCH 12/2018.

DON'T WRITE LOVE POEMS ANYMORE, MY DEAR.

Poem by Canh Hung

You told me not to write love poems anymore

It seems you're dreaming of someone else

So you let your soul drift with the wind

To a distant sky, far beyond

You keep praising her as the perfect one

As the angel of purity in this life

With her hair like clouds, and lips like roses

I keep getting jealous... and it saddens me, my dear!

I, too, am just an ordinary human

I love and argue like everyone else

But when your poems feature another woman

My heart aches and never heals

Then these beautiful women, so alluring

Leave sweet, wet kisses and compliments

Although I know it’s all just an illusion

But still, my dear, I feel so restless

But listen, my love...

The woman in your poems

Is only a creation of your imagination

She’s the essence of countless women combined

How could there ever be just one like her in this world?

NCH 2018.

CHRISTMAS AND YOU

Poem by Canh Hung

On Christmas night

The sky sparkles with thousands of stars

In a sea of colors

God watches from above

In the cold

Of a bitter winter

Looking at the lamb

God remains silent

You, so solemn

Recite your prayers in repentance

Hands folded in prayer

Asking for God's mercy, for love?

Your frail form

Wearing a fluttering white robe

Your hair flowing

Gently resting on your small shoulder

You look so pure

Like an angel standing there

Whispering softly

Reading your prayer

I stand from afar

Quietly, alone

In a corner of the church

The night glowing mysteriously

I’m not a devout believer

I don’t love God

I only love you

The sad hymns

Echo through the night

Looking at the manger

Longing for dreams

I'll never forget

Last year's Christmas

You covered your head

With raindrops wetting your shoulders

I followed behind

All the way down the long path

Praying to God

For the rain to stop

The air smelled of sweet-smelling flowers

The streetlights

Shining on us in the night

Our happiness

So gentle, so serene

Listening to the calmness

With every step you took

I love you so much

But no one understands

Our love isn’t marred, yet it hurts

Because in your life

God lives in your mind

I arrived late

Still an outsider

The winter sky

Is often full of storms

What storm

Can compare to the storm in my heart?

Knowing that loving you

Will never come true

But still, my love

Is all for you

One day, we may become strangers

On the road of life

In many directions

Christmas will return

But I will always remember

Your image

All the memories we hold

I will empty my heart

And write my poetry

To remember always

The girl I love

NCH.

SINGING TO MYSELF.

Poem by Canh Hung.

Let's offer each other

...a glass of wine!

Early winter

mist falls softly

onto my green hair!

Borrow your shoulder

borrow a drop of intoxication

Unsteady

my weakened shadow sways

Joy.

peace at the end of the sky!

Suffering

self-aware in the fleeting human life

What sorrow?

send it with the autumn breeze

What pain...

send it with the temple bell’s calming sound!

We loved

missing an entire spring!

Let go of my hand

release this mortal world, wind, and rain!

WISH....

Poem by Canh Hung.

Wish

Just one kiss from you

Warm enough

In the fragile evening light

Wish

From you a word of love

Enough trust

Enough longing

Even swaying, I accept...

Wish

You were like 'a treasure to keep'

Enough to bind

Enough sweetness

Enough... mine

Wish

One more touch of innocence

Enough intoxication

Enough closeness

Complete love

Wish

Sorrow and joy not alone

Someone to share

A common silhouette

Wish

I have only you

Enough trembling

Enough yearning

Enough... love

Wish

Together in all mornings and evenings

Chase away the cold

Erase the loneliness

Passionate

Wish

Even hell or heaven

Hand in hand

Enough of dreaminess...

In the next life!

NCH

DRIFTING

Poem by Canh Hung.

Late at night

eyes look out

silently watching

The moon falls

the world below

shattered into a thousand pieces of flowers

Endless

mist blurs the reflection

Clouds drift lazily

one silk strand flutters

You fall

into the bitter wine cup

Unintentionally drinking it all

I am truly intoxicated

Loneliness gently touches

the edge of my lips

My hand brushes

against

the solitude of my life

The night

holds tightly to the silhouette

My own heart binds

the tangled thread of love

One day

bored with the world of men

I am like

the moon child

playing with golden moonbeams,

wandering in the deep sea waves

High mountains, floating through the drifting life

NCH.

THE YELLOW MUSTARD BLOOMS... WILL YOU RETURN?

By Cảnh Hưng

You promised to return when the mustard flowers bloomed yellow

The fragrance lightly drifts, enchanting and alluring

You remember someone, restless through the nights

Asking where the old moon has gone?

The wind breathes across the cold summer nights

Longing for a gentle touch to clear tangled hair

Wiping the teary eyes, soothing when upset

Rocking into a warm dream, embracing every night

The nightingale dreams of whiteness, as you gaze

Your brown eyes still so tender, just like before

Don’t forget the promise, or the sorrow in the cold winter

The bird has lost its way, leaving a desolate nest

I await your return to pick the early spring buds

And I’ll sew you a beautiful scarf

Together, we’ll continue our journey in this narrow life

The mustard flowers turn yellow... do you know?

NCH.

WHEN WE LOVE EACH OTHER ........

By Cảnh Hưng

When we love each other, there’s no need to speak

Your eyes have already said everything for us

Just stay silent and gaze into those eyes

Countless words are there, my dear!

When we love each other, why make vows, my dear?

Because promises made wrong are never punished

"Love forever, for a thousand years, always loving"

All sweet words, yet empty, meaningless

For when we love, our hearts feel it

What is it like? It’s hard to put into words

Sometimes silent, sometimes filled with longing

But it lasts forever

When in love, it’s all about trust

What is it like? Who knows what the future holds?

Let’s cherish what we have

And hold it close, like in the beginning

True love doesn’t need fancy words

No need for the chatter of “poets” or smooth talkers

No need for grand phrases

Just love, and keep the longing deep within

NCH

YOU RETURN ..

By Cảnh Hưng

You return

over there

this afternoon

Pick up for me

a bit of the tenderness from the past

Please, sky

slowly pour down rain

If the night wets your clothes – I won’t be back in time

So you won’t get wet

and break a promise

So I won’t lose my way

down the old embankment road

THE FLOWER OF LOVE!
By Cảnh Hưng.

I give you a bouquet of purple roses
Half a lifetime searching, finally found each other
Even though we both came too late
But we cherish what little is left

Though the road ahead is still long
We’ll always be together, our hands never parting
We piece together the fragments of two lives
Finding happiness in the simplest things

We bring each other moments of peace
After the hustle and bustle of daily life
Leaving behind the world’s struggles, returning to ourselves
Yearning for a small family

A dinner waiting in the evening
We await each other after each workday
It’s the pain no longer silently borne
Our smiles now shared, half for each other

That happiness… is right behind the door
A tight embrace, half a lifetime shared
A loving kiss, forgetting all the years of sorrow
The flower of love… filled with loyalty

SENDING WARMTH TO YOU
By Cảnh Hưng.

I heard on the radio that the cold season is coming

I feel for you in Hanoi, with a warm scarf around your neck

The old Cổ Ngư street still holds traces of our footsteps

Yet, the steps are filled with longing from both ends!

When it’s freezing, the peach blossoms can’t bloom in time

I fear your lips losing their vibrant pink hue

I fear the sadness in your eyes as the evening chills settle in

So I want to send you some warmth, my dear.

I send you sunshine on your lips, full of dreams

I send the ocean to make your eyes even bluer

I send the sky, weaving a heavenly cloak for you

Wear it, it’s filled with my warm breath.

I fear the winter winds will dry your skin

I send you my love to keep you warm

I send you the birds flying over the streets

Until the winter leaves and spring returns.

I miss you so much, now hearing the bitter cold

Spreading over the northern lands back home

I was restless and sleepless all night

I want to send you my arms to hold you as you sleep.

The scent of your lovely lips as the peach blossoms open

I shower you with golden sunlight with every step you take

The sound of the new year knocking, heralding the spring

For you, the graceful figure walking into the spring festival.

I hope the warmth comes soon to brush your hair

That’s me sending the sunshine to warm your heart

Wait for me, this spring we’ll meet

Let’s sing our love poem together, shall we?

NCH 1/2019.

HELLO SPRING, MY LOVE

By Cảnh Hưng

The beloved spring has spread everywhere

Sending love through the tender green leaves

Coloring the land with boundless beauty

The gentle lady lets her soul drift with the breeze

Children laugh and play along the little alley

Smiles bloom on their faces like flowers

The soft rain nourishes the brilliant petals

Touching the emotions of the young soldier’s heart

Spring, full of love, embraces the land and sky of the homeland

The peaceful scenes reflect in the poet’s eyes

The poem captures the beauty of the mountains and rivers

The wanderer walks with his lover by his side

We raise a toast, wishing for happiness and prosperity

May families be blessed with health and joy

May children be showered with blessings and longevity

May the poems of the homeland continue to shine

Sweet, sincere verses forever fill the air

So that the pink spring will forever touch our hearts.

31/12/2018!!

THE HEART OF THE ONE FAR FROM HOME

By Cảnh Hưng

Spring arrives, peeking at the corner

Wearing a floral coat, chasing away the cold of winter

Glistening dew rests on the branches of blooming apricot flowers

The yellow butterfly hovers, confused by the changing season

I am far from home, living the life of an exile

I have forgotten how many times the moon has waned

Time flows relentlessly, aging my hair

Four seasons pass, carried by the winds of life

I wander like a bird drifting in the sky

Like a wild horse galloping without a destination

The dust of war has changed me many times

My footsteps are lost in the wind, wandering endlessly

But today, I unintentionally stop

Looking at the blooming apricot, realizing spring has arrived

I open my hands, counting how many springs I’ve missed

New Year's celebrations at home seem so distant

My eyes are wet, gazing toward the northern sky

To the endless horizon, so far and unreachable

I wish I could transform into an eagle, spreading my wings

Crossing the space to return to my homeland for Tết

In that place, there are my parents, my family

There’s the road filled with memories of childhood

There’s someone still waiting for me, day and night

Forever in my heart, their love never fades

The one far from home gazes at the sky, blank and lonely

The last rays of sunset shine through the window bars

A deep sadness lingers in my soul

Spreading slowly through the vast land and sky