You’d forgotten your promise but I will not be mad.

‘Cause I can be mad at you for a whole lifetime. 

You would then blame me for making you feel stressed. 

But I really don’t want you to feel at all hurt or sad. 

Mother taught me to be tolerant of others.

For being a woman, one should be sweet and gentle.

A little carelessness can easily re-open an aching wound.

A scar of the heart is hard to fade away anytime soon.

Mother told me to suppress sighing.

Let’s be cheerful to make life more vibrant.

The joyous laughs will fill the empty spaces.

And the empty spaces, my darling, please don’t create!...

translated by Vuong Thanh