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But you didn't
BUT YOU DIDN’T
Remember the day I borrowed your brand
new car and dented it?
I thought you'd kill me, but you didn't.
And remember the time I dragged you to the beach,
and you said it would rain, and it did?
I thought you'd say, "I told you so." But you didn't.
Do you remember the time I flirted with all
the guys to make you jealous, and you were?
I thought you'd leave, but you didn't.
Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie
all over your car rug?
I thought you'd hit me, but you didn't.
And remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance
was formal and you showed up in jeans?
I thought you'd drop me, but you didn't.
Yes, there were lots of things you didn't do.
But you put up with me, and loved me, and protected me.
There were lots of things I wanted to make up to you
when you returned from Vietnam.
But you didn't.
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P/S: The origin of the poem: a common American family, mother and daughter lived together. Father was enlisted and went to Vietnam when daughter was 4 years old. Unfortunately he died. The mother didn't remarry and lived to 80. when she died, her daughter found a letter in her mother's things which the poem above "but you didn't"!
(Xuất xứ bài thơ: Một gia đình người Mỹ bình thường, người mẹ và cô con gái sống cùng nhau. Người cha nhập ngũ và đến chiến trường Việt Nam khi cô con gái lên bốn. Không may ông tử trận. Người mẹ không tái hôn, ở vậy đến năm 80 tuổi. Khi bà qua đời, cô con gái tìm thấy một bức thư trong đồ đạc của mẹ, trong đó có bài thơ "But you didn't"!)
Lần sửa cuối bởi Christmas, ngày 16-05-2019 lúc 04:51 PM.
Strangers think I'm quiet, my friends think I'm outgoing, my best friends know that I'm completely insane!


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Re: But you didn't
Lâu rồi mới đọc thơ, lại gặp được bài thơ hay, tuy buồn... lại gặp một bản dịch dễ thương. Cảm ơn bạn Christmas nhiều.

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