Spring Essence

The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong

Ranked #99 in Vietnamese

Hồ Xuân Hương — whose name translates as "Spring Essence" — is one of the most important and popular poets in Vietnam. A concubine, she became renowned for her poetic skills, writing subtly risqué poems which used double entendre and sexual innuendo as a vehicle for social, religious, and political commentary.

"The Unwed Mother"


Because I was too easy, this happened.
Can you guess the hollow in my heart?

Fate did not push out a bud
even though the willow grew.

He will carry this a hundred years
but I must bear the...
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