Let's just love each other,
quietly and calmly,
like an autumn day, like a bitter winter night.
Let's love without thinking of giving and getting,
and not think about what comes after.
Let's just love each other,
with a longing that lasts and a tenderness without end,
love even if tomorrow means waiting,
even if the world calls it a fantasy.
Let's love each other
until the day neither of us is young,
so you will be the most beautiful, only in my eyes.
Tan, 10 March 2022
First published in Vietnamese on Phong is writing. English translation for this site.
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