Please don’t ask me, don’t ask me:

Why not be reincarnated as a little bird.

Why not be reincarnated as tree or grass.

But as a human in a crib.

But as a lonely person.

But as a person like me. 

Please don’t ask me, don’t ask me:

Why not be born in a bustling city. 

why not be born on the rich alluvial plain.

Why enter the world all alone.

Why enter the world in a bitter-sour land.

why enter the world in a region full of dried bones.

Please don’t ask me, don’t ask me, don’t ask me.

I just want to be born a human.

I just want to be born a human.

Even though living in poverty my entire life.

I just want to be a human, and a Vietnamese.

Please don’t ask me, don’t ask me.

I don’t want to be a bird to forget misery.

I don’t want to be a tree to forget the bombings.

Just leave me to be human with other humans.

Just leave me to tell the stories to future generations. 

Just leave me to represent the hurts and pains.

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