Thế Lữ

thumb|Gnawing upon our resentment, we stretch out in an iron cage,Watching the slow passage of days and months.How we despise the insolent crowd outside,Standing there foolishy, with tiny eyes bulging,As they mock the stately spirit of the deep jungle.Here by misfortune, shamefully caged,We are no more than a novel sight to amuse them, some plaything...O stately soul, heroic land,Vast domain where yesteryear we freely roamed,We see you no more.But do you know that during our days of frustrationWe follow a great dream, letting our souls race to be near you,O formidable jungle of ours! Thế Lữ (6 October 1907 – 3 June 1989; birth name: Nguyễn Thứ Lễ) was a Vietnamese poet. Quotes Gnawing upon our resentment, we stretch out in an iron cage,Watching the slow passage of days and months.How we despise the insolent crowd outside,Standing there foolishy, with tiny eyes bulging,As they mock the stately spirit of the deep jungle.Here by misfortune, shamefully caged,We are no more than a novel sight to amuse them, some plaything...O stately soul, heroic land,Vast domain where yesteryear we freely roamed,We see you no more.But do you know that during our days of frustrationWe follow a great dream, letting our souls race to be near you,O formidable jungle of ours! "Remembering the Jungle: The Words of the Tiger in the Zoo", in Understanding Vietnam by Neil L. Jamieson (University of California Press, 1995), 978-0520916586, pp. 159–160 The muse lends me a lyre of myriad tunes,her brush of myriad tints—I want to playa wizard working wonders, magic trickswith all the sounds and colors of the earth. In: An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems, trans. Huỳnh Sanh Thông (Yale University Press, 1996), 978-0300064100 External links vi:Thế Lữ Category:1907 births Category:1989 deaths Category:Poets from Vietnam Category:Journalists Category:Playwrights Category:Theatre directors Category:Catholics from Vietnam