A short meditation on impermanence. Lyrics in Vietnamese. 

Translation:
A puzzled moon -
a wistful moon 
dangles in the silent sky.
A puff of cloud floats by,
unburdened by sorrow.
The moon asks:
"Where are you bound?"
Wanting the cloud to stay,
the moon calls the cloud heartless.
As she drifts away,
the cloud says:

"As the cherry blossom fades,
and the autumn leaves fall,
and the snow melts,
so must I follow the wind
to the end of the sky.
All illusions dissolve
in the fullness of time -
come and go
many a regret."

The moon lingers -
The cloud has receded. 
The moon is bewildered
and alone.
A veil of fog gently falls,
with gossamer joy,
blissful in the melancholy moonlight.
The moon wants a promise
that the fog will not leave.
Yet, the fog says:

"As the cherry blossom fades,
and the autumn leaves fall,
and the snow melts,
and the night ages,
so must I perish in the light of dawn.
All illusions dissolve
in the fullness of time -
come and go
many a regret."

So the moon weeps,
lamenting the transience of things. 
The last drew drops have evaporated.
Time flows, night fades,
where lies Eternity?
Attached the moon is to this world,
first light glimmers at the horizon.
Dawn has arisen,
her aura glowing.

As the cherry blossom fades,
and the autumn leaves fall,
and the snow melts,
so the moon yields its path to the rising sun.
All illusions dissolve
in the fullness of time -
come and go
many a regret.

Trăng tàn (Fading moon)

Composed, Arranged, Produced, and Performed by Charles Keahey, Jr.  April 2022

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