Phước Tuyền Ngô Quang Huynh (Jul. 4, 2016)
 

Farewell to my brother NVL

You lay down.. This final instant silently arrived,

It's a termination of your presence on this earth,

A piece of four great elements will return to dust.

You are no longer living in the turbulent current of life.

Actually, you leave behind your relatives and friends,

Who will always miss and love you at all times,

Your friendly image, your nice gesture, your sincere smile,

And your kindness that can always be read in your eyes...

We remember our hard time, on the escaping road,

When South Viet Nam collapsed and fell in the enemy hands,

We hurried to look for the way to leave our fatherland,

With many problems in the critical hours of the country...

In the small car crowded with our loved ones, wives and children,

Then stepping on board of fishing boat, sailing to open sea,

Many days and nights under skies sunny and stormy...,

We know only to give our souls and bodies to the destiny....

Thank to God, our boat reached a foreign port.

Joyfully stepping ashore and feeling very happy,

Then settling in the Valley of Yellow Flowers permanently,

We live near each other peacefully in our new homeland.

What will happen ... and at present time, it happens ...

We cannot avoid the minute of separation,

When the Providence already made a final decision,

We must accept it ... Looking at you with love and sorrows...

Farewell to Long, my little brother... but, it's not really farewell,

You are just temporarily absent in this world.

With my old age, is flickering my sunset period,

My home way is not that far away and see you again in the near future...

Phước Tuyền Ngô Quang Huynh  (Jul. 6, 2016)