White Summer — Trinh Cong Son - TCS Home

Gọi nắng Trên vai em gầy Đường xa áo bay Nắng qua mắt buồn Lòng hoa bướm say Lối em đi về Trời không có mây Đường đi suốt mùa Nắng lên thắp đầy Gọi nắng Cho cơn mê chiều Nhiều hoa trắng bay Cho tay em dài Gầy thêm nắng mai Bước chân em về Nào anh có hay Gọi em cho nắng Chết trên sông dài Thôi xin ơn đời Trong cơn mê này Gọi mùa thu tới Tôi đưa em về Chân em bước nhẹ Trời buồn gió cao Đời xin có nhau Dài cho mãi sau Nắng không gọi sầu Áo xưa dù nhàu Cũng xin bạc đầu Gọi mãi tên nhau Gọi nắng Cho tóc em cài Loài hoa nắng rơi Nắng đưa em về Miền cao gió bay Áo em bây giờ Mờ xa nẻo mây Gọi tên em mãi Suốt cơn mê này.

Call forth sunlight! On your slim shoulder A shirt flutters on a distant road Sunlight passed by sorrowful eyes The soul filled with intoxicated happiness The path where you return Enclosed by cloudless sky The traveled road through seasons Illuminated by sunlight Call forth sunlight! To fill the evening’s dream With fluttering white flowers So your arm will be elongated Further soften tomorrow’s sun Your returned footsteps Which I failed to notice Call the sunlight’s name so that It will fade on the long river No more, will I plead for life’s favors In this illusion Call autumn to arrive I escorted you to return Your feet lightly stepped Melancholy sky, high winds I asked for us to be together For always Sunlight will not call on sadness Even if the familiar shirt wrinkles I ask that in our old age We’ll continue to call each other’s name Call forth sunlight! To pin your hair With the falling light flowers Sunlight escorted you home To the high region; gushing winds Now, your shirt is Blurred at a far distance I will always call your name For the rest of this dream… Translated by Gigi, 04/06/2009 www.eversky.org Translator’s Note: This is one of the harder to translate from Vietnamese to English songs of Trinh Cong Son since it has many symbolism and metaphors that only the composer himself would truly understand. Thus, instead of focusing most of my time translating the lyrics words for words I focused on trying to deliver the overall message of this song. Overall, this song is about a man who still hold feelings for his past love.