Vuong Thanh's Water-Moon World

Water-Moon's Firsts & Singulars

Representative Portrait

Vuong Thanh

Vuong Thanh (王青) is a Fayland citizen exiled to the mortal realm. After some decades of toiling in the industrial machine, he has returned to his lyrical world to build a virtual Fayland realm, a realm of truth, beauty, and cherry blossoms, of moonlit ponds, of rolling flower meadows, sparkling sunshine and starry nights...

A prince of muse poetry – those song-inspiring femmes are transformed into Fayland maidens, woven with silken threads of moonlight… A multi-cultural lyrical scholar poet, he composes epic odes of homeland, songs of heroes, songs of life and love, tribunal songs of clarity, prose and lyrical critiques, in two mother tongues: English and Vietnamese, with some verses in Hán Việt and Chinese.

A verse-story opera composer, a musical genre he created, he breathes new life into the profound heritage of the East—rendering the sorrowful laments of Chinh Phụ Ngâm and The Tale of Kiều, into lyrical English, adapting it into verse-story operas. Western masterpieces, like Shakespeare's eternal balcony scene and Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice already rendered into grand verse-story opera scenes with over two hours of cinematic music and beautiful singing. Austen's Sense & Sensibility and her complete literary legacy, Vuong Thanh has committed to roll out as musical productions in the coming years.

Pairing with the anthemic, thundering song "Hoài Hưng Đạo Đại Vương" of the East, his anthemic, operatic song for George Washington, the Founding Father of the Land of the Free – scheduled for release in late 2026 – stands as a crowning honor for his life's work in forging a Water–Moon bridge across the East-West divide, bringing to full sunlight hundreds of classical adaptations from the immortal verses of Li Bai, Su Shi, and Li Shangyin to the poetic heart of Vietnam, rendered into lyrical English, his second mother tongue – from which the title, the Eastern-Avalonian poet, is sprung.

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Curated Song Collections

🌙 Lyrical Reflections

🌙 Heroes & Homeland

🌙 Songs for my Family

🌙 Muse Poetry & Fayland

🌙 Tribunal of Clarity

🌙 Short Verse-Story Operas

🌙 Water-Moon Chinese Classics

🌙 Water-Moon Seal-Classics: Heritage Works

🌙 Water-Moon Seal-Classics: Contemporary Voices

🌙 Tuệ Nga's Poetry

Verse-Story Opera Suites

🌙 Water-Moon Pride & Prejudice Verse-Story Opera Suite

🌙 Water-Moon Kiều Verse-Story Opera Suite

🌙 Water–Moon The Reawakening of Kim & Kiều Opera Suite

Fayland's Heritage Works / In-Progress

🌙 Fayland's Heritage Works

🌙 In-Progress & Anticipated

VT's Open Community Literary EWorks

🌙 Lament Song of a Soldier’s Wife (Chinh Phụ Ngâm) & Lạc Hồng Poetry–Music Flower Garden

🌙 Prince General Trần Hưng Đạo's Hịch Tướng Sĩ | Exhortation to Military Officers

🌙 Nguyễn Du's The Tale of Kiều (Bilingual Edition)

🌙 40 Selected Songs by Vinh Dien (Bilingual Edition)

🌙 A Garden of Vietnamese Lyrics & Verse, Volume 1 (Bilingual Edition)

🌙 Digital Archive: The Tale of Kiều & Lạc Hồng Poetry-Music Garden

🌙 Digital Archive: Chinese Poetry Translation Hub

Curated Song Collections

🌙 Lyrical Reflections

Original works by Vuong Thanh – the Exiled Fayland Citizen and Eastern–Avalonian Poet

— OPEN HALL & GARDEN —

🌙 The Exiled Fayland Citizen

🌙 Confiding in the Moon
Lyrical thought–stream that blurs the lines between prose, poetry, and song

🌙 The Flight Journey of Lyrical Free Verse

🌙 Beautiful Like a Dream

🌙 Heart Friend | Tri Tâm

🌙 Tri Tâm | Heart Friend – The unique art of Vietnamese poetry recital. With English subs.

🌙 Song of Unrestraint

🌙 Cuồng Ngâm | Song of Unrestraint – Sung in Vietnamese, with English subs.

🌙 水月詩談 | Thủy Nguyệt Thi Đàm | Conversing in Water–Moon Verse

🌙 Sơn Nhân Mộng | A Wanderer's Mountain Dream

🌙 Mơ Với Chim Bằng | Dream Flying With Bằng
A bilingual soaring cinematic adaptation of Vuong Thanh's lushi poem

🌙 Thiên Nhai Đối Tuyết | Snow at the Edge of the World
A cinematic ballad of a wandering scholar’s mystic dialogue with the snow spirit, capturing a frozen moment of celestial wine, wandering fate, and transcendent release. Sung in Vietnamese with English subs.

🌙 Seeking Fragrance in the Wind

🌙 Gởi Người Tri Tâm (Sending to a Kindred Spirit)

🌙 Vũ Hối's Calligraphy | Thư Họa Vũ Hối

🌙 Calligraphic Art of a Multi-Talented Artist | Thư Pháp Khách Tài Hoa
Vuong Thanh's lushi poem gift for calligrapher-songwriter-singer Văn Tấn Phước of Paris

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— RESERVED CHAMBER —

🌙 Grassland! O Grassland!

🌙 Về Với Thảo Nguyên (Grassland! O Grassland!)

🌙 Confiding in the Night
Lyrical thought–stream of time traveling to visit famous poets of the past

🌙 Đẹp Như Trong Một Giấc Mơ | Beautiful Like a Dream

🌙 Land of Gold and Drifting Clouds

🌙 Intoxicating Beauty

🌙 A Wanderer's Ethereal Wishes

🌙 Feeling Adrift

🌙 Thiên Nhai Vô Đề Ca (Singing untitled song at the edge of the world)

🌙 Hương Xuân | Fragrance of Spring

🌙 Thu Đợi Chờ (Autumn Longings)

🌙 Du Tử Sầu (Wayfarer's Sorrow)

🌙 Let's Return | Về Đi

🌙 Hoa Lan | Lan Flower

🌙 Phượng Cầu Dạ Khúc

🌙 Cho Nhau (Giving Each Other)

🌙 Chàng Gió và Nàng Xuân

🌙 Rượu Đào Cạn Chén Phù Vân

🌙 Cánh Lụa Tà Mây

🌙 Dăm Vận Tạ Từ

🌙 Dăm Vần Lạc Điệu

🌙 Mây Nước Bồng Bềnh

🌙 Hoa Mai Trong Tuyết

🌙 Phân Vân (Cầm Tiêu Hợp Tấu)

🌙 Dăm Vần Thả Gió

🌙 Vịnh Tây Hồ, Hàng Châu

🌙 Một Phiến Băng Tâm

🌙 Kiếp Phù Sinh

🌙 Mây và Trăng

🌙 Thu Nguyệt Băng Cung

🌙 Hương Thơ

🌙 Luân Lạc

🌙 Chút Gì Còn Lại...

🌙 Khúc Bi Ca

🌙 Giai Nhân Độc Ẩm Dưới Hoa Đào

🌙 Say Mãi Say...

🌙 Buồn

🌙 Rượu Vĩnh Biệt...

🌙 Thơ Như Người Lữ Khách

🌙 Lan Man Chiều Thu

🌙 Vũ Khúc Mùa Thu

🌙 Thu Nguyệt Băng Cung

🌙 Từ Biệt Khúc

🌙 Tản Đà Thán

🌙 Nè Nhỏ Hỡi

🌙 Ơi Nàng Kiều Nữ

🌙 Cảm Đề Thơ Hồ Xuân Hương

🌙 Bát Cú Lang Cảm Thán

🌙 Girl Dreaming of Becoming a Bird

🌙 Đố Hoa

🌙 Thơ Cười, Soi Bóng Chân Như

🌙 Năm Thương

🌙 Heroes & Homeland

Includes original compositions by Vuong Thanh and Water–Moon presentations (adaptations/soulistic transports) of curated works by other authors

— OPEN HALL OF HONOR —

🌙 George Washington – Crown of Honor (Fayland Baritone Rendition)

🌙 George Washington – Crown of Honor (Fayland Maiden Rendition)
A soaring anthemic tribute to George Washington, the Founding Father of America and the Spirit of Liberty in the Land of the Free. Most appropriate for public radio broadcasting on Washington's Birthday and Independence Day.

🌙 怀兴道大王 | Hoài Hưng Đạo Đại Vương
An anthemic Mandarin-and-Vietnamese song by Vuong Thanh (王青), commemorating Prince General Trần Hưng Đạo and the unyielding Lạc Hồng spirit of the Vietnamese people

🌙 Epic Ode to my Homeland******
A 10+ minute epic ode to Vietnam spanning history, culture, and the soul of the homeland, from an exile living in America

🌙 Queen Trưng | Trưng Nữ Vương
A cinematic Water-Moon presentation of the heroic, heart-touching masterpiece Trưng Nữ Vương by Poetess Ngân Giang

🌙 Vọng Tiền Nhân | Reminiscence of Historical Figures
An epic 9+ minute painting in lục bát verses, portraying the distinctive qualities of several Asian historical figures and events, prominently Vietnamese

🌙 Nostalgic Regrets | 感懷 | Cảm Hoài
A monumental, surging Water–Moon English presentation of the celebrated lushi poem 感懷 (Cảm Hoài) by early 15th-century Vietnamese patriot-scholar Đặng Dung, featuring Chinese, Hán-Việt, and Vietnamese subtitles

🌙 Wine Flagon Song | Hồ Trường
A Water–Moon presentation of the celebrated poem–song Hồ Trường

🌙 Selling Coal | Bán Than
A thunderingly dramatic Water–Moon English presentation of the celebrated lushi poem Bán Than by military strategist and General Trần Khánh Dư, who helped Prince General Trần Hưng Đạo vanquish the northern invaders in the 13th century. He lived over 100 years old.

🌙 Frontier Moon | 關山月 (Quan San Nguyệt)
A Water–Moon romantic duet presentation of Li Bai's poem 關山月

🌙 The Nameless Heroes | Anh Hùng Vô Danh
A Water–Moon presentation of the celebrated poem Anh Hùng Vô Danh, composed by Poet Nguyễn Ngọc Huy in the late 1950s

🌙 Parting Farewell | Tống Biệt Hành
A Water–Moon presentation of the celebrated poem Tống Biệt Hành by Poet Thâm Tâm

🌙 TÔI ĐI | I LEAVE
Master artist Hùng Cường’s thunderingly dramatic performance of his own song, with English subtitles presented by the Water–Moon Poetry School

🌙 March Into Thăng Long | Tràn Vô Thăng Long
A Water–Moon presentation of the thundering patriotic poem "Tràn Vô Thăng Long", composed by songwriter Trần Kim Bằng

🌙 O Lady of Peace | Hỡi Người Em Hòa Bình
A Water–Moon English presentation the song "Hỡi Người Em Hòa Bình", celebrating peace and a dream of unity of the Vietnamese people, composed by songwriter Vĩnh Điện

🌙 The Lullaby of Mother Vietnam | Lời Ru Mẹ Việt Nam
A Water–Moon presentation of Zen–Buddhist Poetess Tuệ Nga's poem "Lời Ru Mẹ Việt Nam"

🌙 A Distressed Vietnam | Phận Da Vàng – Nguyễn Minh Hải

🌙 Patriotic Vietnamese Spirit | Anh Khí Nghìn Thu
A soaring cinematic bilingual musical rendering of Vuong Thanh's lushi poem

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🌙 Songs for my Family

I put these songs here among my greatest works to honor my family. Thank you.

— OPEN VIEW —

🌙 From Which Distant Place Have You Come?

🌙 Bạch Mai Tuyết Giá | White Plum Blossoms
A lushi poem of white plum blossoms, rendered in Vietnamese and English

🌙 Bé Phong | Little Phong

🌙 Bé Khang | Little Khang

🌙 In Memory of My Pa | Bài Tưởng Niệm Thân Phụ

🌙 Vương Giả Hương & Bồng Sơn Mộng
A poetic lushi exchange between father and son

🌙 My Mother – A Portrait in Verse

🌙 Như Đóa Hồng Mai

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🌙 Muse Poetry & Fayland

Original compositions by Vuong Thanh, the Prince of Muse Poetry & Fayland

— OPEN DREAMSCAPE —

🌙 Is It You?

🌙 O 芳菲, Mythical Maiden

🌙 Jane Austen – The Narrator–Smile
The most beautiful tribute song to Jane Austen, the Queen of World Literature

🌙 Lan Đình Thi Tự Ngạt Ngào Hương

🌙 Jade Pavillion Silklight | Kỳ Hoa

🌙 Flame and Mist: A Portrait of Zhang Xinyu (张馨予) in Verse

🌙 She Plays the Guzheng (A Song Tribute to Peng Jingxuan)

🌙 Seeking Fragrance in the Wind

🌙 For Karen – The Most Soulistic and Soul–Embracing Voice in the World
The most touching tribute song to Karen from the Exiled Fayland Citizen

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— MISTY ABODE —

🌙 Music from the Clouds

🌙 Dream Realm

🌙 Cõi Mơ | Dream Realm

🌙 Whence She Comes

🌙 Hoa Mai Trong Tuyết (Plum Blossom in Snow)

🌙 Whispers from the Pipa

🌙 The Moonbeam Smile

🌙 Nụ Cười Tơ Trăng | The Moonbeam Smile

🌙 Cho Nhau (Giving Each Other)

🌙 Mắt Em Vực Thẳm Luân Hồi

🌙 Gởi Anh (Sending You)
Conversing in lục bát verse with nàng Mộng (Miss Dream) in Fayland

🌙 Tương Tư Mộ Khúc

🌙 Queen Austen's Tribunal of Clarity

— OPEN COURT —

🌙 Jane Austen – The Narrator–Smile
The Queen of World Literature, a sovereign judge of human character and hyprocrisy

⚖️ Napoleon’s Island Vacation Packages

⚖️ After Five Centuries, O Joan... – A Hymn-Lament

⚖️ Cry of the Ashes – Joan of Arc’s Mother’s Laments

⚖️ The Scarlet Letter Fraud

⚖️ On Tolkien's Masterpiece Treated as Children's Fiction

📘 The Fraudulent Definitions of Visual and Perfect Rhyme

📘 When Prose Becomes Queen of Poetry

📘 The Folly of Blind Echoes and Untruths
An illuminating exposure on the hollowness of herd mentality's echoes, using Sonnet 18 to demonstrate unclouded reason

🎭 The Byronic Poison – Byron reduced to his true stature

🎭 The Emperor's New Clothes of Unlyrical Prose Poetry
A theatrical cabaret song exposing the hollow hypocrisies of contemporary poetry trends

🪶 Some Thoughts on a Friend's Confessional Poem

🪶 When the World... (From Tribunal of Clarity)

⚖️ 朱枚 (Zhu Mei): The Forsaken Soul (For Zhu Mei, the soul of the famous wuxia novels)
For Zhu Mei, woman co-founder of the Ming Bao empire (明報), who lived in poor obscurity after being betrayed for a young bride, and died of sickness in a hospital unknown to anyone.

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🌙 Short Verse-Story Operas

— OPEN STAGE —

🎭 The Twelfth Night of June | Mười Hai Tháng Sáu
A powerful, dramatic Water-Moon presentation of Poet Vũ Hoàng Chương's masterpiece

🎭 Swear Not By The Moon
A soaring verse-story opera adaptation of Shakespeare's iconic Balcony Scene

🎭 Endless Longing | 長相思
A cinematic, operatic adaption of 長相思 by 梁意娘 (Lương Ý Nương) (10th century)

🎭 On the Top of Misty Cloud Mountain | Trên Đỉnh Phù Vân
A cinematic adaptation of Songwriter Phó Đức Phương's ca trù masterpiece

🎭 Spring Orchid Pavillion Melody | Lan Đình Xuân Điệu – Hồ Xuân Hương

🎭 Jealous Love | Ghen
Poet Nguyễn Bính’s famous light-humor verse rendered into full, dramatic vocal art

🎭 Biệt Thế Gian — Khúc Song Ca Tiểu Long Nữ & Dương Quá

🎭 Mơ Với Chim Bằng | Dream Flying with Bằng
A bilingual cinematic ballad featuring lüshi verses sung in Vietnamese, followed by a soaring lyrical free verse adaptation sung in English

🎭 Thiên Nhai Đối Tuyết | Snow at the Edge of the World
A cinematic ballad of a wandering scholar’s mystic dialogue with the snow spirit, capturing a frozen moment of celestial wine, wandering fate, and transcendent release

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— BEHIND CURTAIN —

🎭 Phoenix Pavillion
Cinematic ballad of a scholar's longing for a fairy maiden who rides her phoenix into the sky, leaving the mortal world behind

🎭 A Tiger’s Longing For The Forest | Nhớ Rừng
A cinematic adaptation of Poet Thế Lữ's masterpiece

🎭 Đừng Lấy Ánh Trăng Thề | Swear Not By The Moon
A Vietnamese verse-story opera adaptation of Shakespeare's iconic Balcony Scene

🎭 Village Well | Giếng Làng
A cinematic adaptation of Poet Bàng Bá Lân's famous poem, written in the 1940s

🎭 The Enchantress | Kỳ Nữ
A cinematic adaptation of Poet Đinh Hùng's masterpiece of hauntingly devotional obsession

🎭 Conversation With a Mosquito | Nói Chuyện Với Muỗi
A Water–Moon bilingual theatrical adaptation of Patriot Phan Bội Châu’s satirical verse, featuring interleaved Vietnamese singing and English voice acting

🎭 Strolling the Silver River
Conversing in verse with nàng Mộng (Miss Dream) in Fayland

🌙 Water-Moon Chinese Classics

— OPEN LITERARY SILK ROAD —

🪶 懷謫仙李白 | Reminiscence of the Exiled Immortal Li Bai
A tribute jueju poem, sung in four languages, to the Exiled Immortal Li Bai from the Eastern–Avalonian poet Vuong Thanh

🪶 怀兴道大王 | Hoài Hưng Đạo Đại Vương (Ode to Grand Prince Hưng Đạo)
A grand anthemic Mandarin-and-Vietnamese ode to Prince General Trần Hưng Đạo and the enduring Lạc Hồng Spirit of the Vietnamese people by Vuong Thanh (王青)

🌙 Bring in the Wine | 將進酒
A cinematic, soulful Water–Moon English presentation of Li Bai's masterpiece

🌙 Endless Longing | 長相思
A cinematic Water–Moon presentation of 長相思 by 梁意娘 (Lương Ý Nương) (10th century)

🌙 Frontier Moon | 關山月 (Quan San Nguyệt)
A Water–Moon romantic duet presentation of Li Bai's poem 關山月

🌙 Ất Mão ... Dạ Ký Mộng | 江城子－乙卯正月二十日夜記夢
From Su Shi, performed by Mǎ Lán (马兰 / 馬蘭); with Hán Việt and Vietnamese subtitles

🌙 Mẫu Đơn Hàm Lộ Trân Châu Khỏa | 牡丹含露珍珠 (Peony Holding Dewdrops of Pearls)
A Water–Moon presentation of the poem 牡丹含露珍珠 by 張先 in Hán Việt and lục bát

🌙 Hoa Phi Hoa | 花非花 (Flower Yet Not Flower)
A Water–Moon presentation of the poem 花非花 by Bai Juji in Hán Việt and Vietnamese

🌙 Động Tiên Ca | 洞仙歌 (Song of the Immortals' Grotto)
A cinematic presentation of by Bai Juji's 花非花 in Hán Việt and Vietnamese

🌙 Giai Nhân | 佳人 — A cinematic presentation of Du Fu's masterpiece in Vietnamese

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— RESERVED CHRONICLES OF THE REALM —

🌙 Water Melody | 水調歌頭
A Water–Moon English presentation of Su Shi's masterpiece

🌙 Oán Lang Thi | 郎詩 (Zhuō Wénjūn's Reproach)
A poem of reproach with sequential numbers play from Zhuō Wénjūn (卓文君) who lived over 2000 years ago to her unfaithful, celebrated poet husband. Sung in Vietnamese with Chinese subtitles.

🌙 The Precious Zither | Đàn Gấm | 錦瑟
A Water–Moon soulistic transport of the renowned enigmatic poem 錦瑟 by Li Shangyin into Vietnamese in lushi form. Interleaved singing in Vietnamese and English

🌙 Seeing Her is Difficult | 相見時難
A Water–Moon English presentation of the celebrated poem 相見時難 by Li Shangyin.

🌙 Drinking Alone Under the Moon | 靜夜獨酌
A Water–Moon English presentation of Li Bai's masterpiece

🌙 Nhất tiễn mai – Biệt sầu | 一剪梅－別愁 (Parting Sorrow)
A cinematic presentation of the poem by Lǐ Qīngzhào (李清照) in Hán Việt and Vietnamese

🌙 醉花陰 | Túy Hoa Âm (Intoxicating Peach Elixir in Flower Shade)
A Water–Moon presentation of Lǐ Qīngzhào's 醉花陰 in Mandarin, Hán Việt and Vietnamese

🌙 Nữ Nhi Tình | 女兒情 (A Maiden's Love)
Adapted by Vương Thanh (王青) from a theme song in the classic series Journey to the West (西遊記) by Yang Jie (楊潔). Sung in Hán Việt and Vietnamese

🌙 Lai Thị Không Ngôn | 來是空言 (The Lady's Empty Promises)
A cinematic presentation of the poem 來是空言 by Li Shangyin in Vietnamese lục bát

🌙 Tương Kiến Thì Nan | 相見時難 (Seeing Her is Difficult)
A Water–Moon soulistic transport of the poem 相見時難 by Li Shangyin into Vietnamese in lushi form. Presented in Hán Việt and Vietnamese.

🌙 Tương tiến tửu | 將進酒 | Bring in the Wine
A cinematic, spirited Water–Moon Vietnamese presentation of Li Bai's masterpiece

🌙 Đối Tửu Kỳ 2 (Before the Wine II) | 對酒其二
A Water–Moon presentation of Li Bai's poem in Hán Việt and Vietnamese lục bát.

🌙 Trường Can Hành Kỳ 1 | 長干行其一 (The Ballad of Changgan, Part I)
A Water–Moon cinematic Vietnamese presentation of Li Bai's masterpiece

🌙 Cửu Biệt Ly | 久別離 (Long Parting)
Li Bai's masterpiece sung in Hán Việt and Vietnamese.

🌙 Thanh Bình Điệu (Melody of the Cloud-Gowned, Flower-Faced Beauty) | 清平調其一
A Water–Moon presentation of Li Bai's poem. Sung in Hán Việt and Vietnamese.

🌙 Lục Thủy Khúc (Emerald Waters) | 淥水曲
A Water–Moon presentation of Li Bai's poem. Sung in Hán Việt and Vietnamese.

🌙 Xuân Nhật Túy Khởi Ngôn Chí | 春日醉起言志
A Water–Moon presentation of Li Bai's poem in Hán Việt and Vietnamese.

🌙 Thu Phong Từ | 秋風詞
A Water–Moon presentation of Li Bai's poem in Hán Việt and Vietnamese.

🌙 Water-Moon Seal-Classics: Heritage Works

A core chapter in the Water-Moon anthology of the Vietnamese lyrical soul, spanning from the ancient past to the 20th century

— OPEN LẠC–HỒNG GARDEN OF SONGS —

🌙 Queen Trưng | Trưng Nữ Vương – Ngân Giang

🌙 Wine Flagon Song | Bài Ca Hồ Trường – Nguyễn Bá Trác

🌙 Nostalgic Regrets | 感懷 | Cảm Hoài – Đặng Dung

🌙 Selling Coal | Bán Than – Trần Khánh Dư

🌙 The Nameless Heroes | Anh Hùng Vô Danh – Nguyễn Ngọc Huy

🌙 Parting Farewell | Tống Biệt Hành – Thâm Tâm

🌙 Spring Orchid Pavillion Melody | Lan Đình Xuân Điệu – Hồ Xuân Hương

🌙 The Twelfth Night of June | Mười Hai Tháng Sáu – Vũ Hoàng Chương

🌙 Parting Farewell | Tống Biệt – Tản Đà

🌙 Invitation to Friends | Mời Bằng Hữu – Hà Thượng Nhân

🌙 Mother Heart | Lòng Mẹ – Y Vân

🌙 To the Land of Cherry Blossoms | Ai Lên Xứ Hoa Đào – Hoàng Nguyên

🌙 The Harp With Thousands of Melodies | Cây Đàn Muôn Điệu – Thế Lữ

🌙 Drinking With My Mirror Image | Soi Gương Uống Rượu – Hoàng Hương Trang

🌙 Lustrous Stream of Hair | Suối Tóc – Văn Phụng

🌙 An Evening on the Tam Giang Lagoon | Chiều Trên Phá Tam Giang – Trần Thiện Thanh

🌙 Đàn Thu Tay Ngọc | Autumn Music, Jade Fingers – Đinh Hùng, Thục Vũ

🌙 Tìm Một Ánh Sao | Seeking a Star – Vĩnh Phúc, Hoàng Trọng

🌙 Tête-à-tête Under Flowers | Tình Tự Dưới Hoa – Đinh Hùng

🌙 Jealous Love | Ghen – Nguyễn Bính

🌙 Spring Longing, Poem 1 of 10 | Hoài Xuân Thập Vịnh Kỳ 1 – Đoàn Thị Điểm

🌙 Send the Wind to Let the Clouds Fly | Gửi Gió Cho Mây Ngàn Bay – Đoàn Chuẩn

🌙 Hòn Vọng Phu | Husband-Waiting Rock – Lê Thương

🌙 Moonlight Bridge | Thu Tứ – Phương Hồ

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— INNER CHAMBER OF LẠC–HỒNG POETIC FRAGRANCE —

🌙 Early Plum Blossoms | Tảo Mai – Trần Nhân Tông

🌙 Tranquil Scene | Cảnh Nhàn – Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm

🌙 A Man's Aspiration | Chí Làm Trai – Nguyễn Công Trứ

🌙 Self-Reflection on Taking the Civil Exam | Đi Thi Tự Vịnh – Nguyễn Công Trứ

🌙 An Unsent Love Letter to Nguyễn Du | Cảm Cựu Kiêm Trình... – Hồ Xuân Hương

🌙 Độc Tiểu Thanh Ký | On Reading Tiểu Thanh's Story – Nguyễn Du

🌙 Crossing Ngang Pass | Qua Đèo Ngang – Bà Huyện Thanh Quan

🌙 Pilgrim Evening | Buổi Chiều Lữ Thứ – Bà Huyện Thanh Quan

🌙 Conversation With a Mosquito | Nói Chuyện Với Muỗi – Phan Bội Châu

🌙 Overall Poem About Kiều | Tổng Vịnh Kiều – Nguyễn Khuyến

🌙 Three Lives of Wandering | Ba Kiếp Lang Thang – Vũ Hoàng Chương

🌙 Silent Love | U Tình – Vũ Hoàng Chương

🌙 A Tiger's Longing for the Forest | Nhớ Rừng – Thế Lữ

🌙 Village Well | Giếng Làng – Bàng Bá Lân

🌙 The Enchantress | Kỳ Nữ – Đinh Hùng

🌙 To my Beloved in her Grave | Gửi Người Dưới Mộ – Đinh Hùng

🌙 The Girl Next Door | Cô Hàng Xóm – Nguyễn Bính

🌙 Being Young Again | Như Đời Trẻ Lại – Tuệ Mai

🌙 The Dreamy–Melancholy Maiden | Một Mùa Đông – Lưu Trọng Lư

🌙 Hesitant | Ngập Ngừng – Hồ Dzếnh

🌙 Literary Gentleman | Ông Đồ – Vũ Đình Liên

🌙 Vỹ Dạ Village | Đây Thôn Vỹ Dạ – Hàn Mặc Tử

🌙 Buy Me A Dress, Darling | Mua Áo – Đông Hồ

🌙 I Take Revenge | Em Trả Thù – Mộng Tuyết

🌙 Two Divided Shores | Đôi Bờ – Quang Dũng

🌙 I Khow You're Leaving and Won't Return | Anh Biết Em Đi... – Thái Can

🌙 Old-time Love | Tình Già – Phan Khôi

🌙 Tears of Stone | Lệ Đá – Hà Huyền Chi

🌙 Without Me | Cần Thiết – Nguyên Sa

🌙 Heart-warming Evening in Cali | Men Chiều – Vũ Hối

🌙 The Boat Without a Destination | Con Thuyền Không Bến – Đặng Thế Phong

🌙 Faint Moonlight by the Brook | Trăng Mờ Bên Suối – Lê Mộng Nguyên

🌙 O Music of the Fairies | Thiên Thai – Văn Cao

🌙 Nhớ Nhung | Longing for Whom – Thẩm Oánh, vocals: HDN

🌙 Nostalgia | Hoài Cảm – Cung Tiến

🌙 Scent of Yesteryear | Hương Xưa – Cung Tiến

🌙 The Sound of Piano | Tiếng Dương Cầm – Văn Phụng

🌙The Love Letters | Lá Thư – Đoàn Chuẩn & Từ Linh

🌙 Áng Mây Chiều | Evening Clouds – Dương Thiệu Tước, vocals: HDN

🌙 Evening Path | Đường Chiều – Hồng Duyệt

🌙 A World Apart | Hai Phương Trời Cách Biệt – Hoàng Trọng

🌙 The Lover Without a Face | Người Tình Không Chân Dung – Hoàng Trọng

🌙 Spring Harbor | Bến Xuân – Văn Cao, Phạm Duy

🌙 Some Lifetime to Love Each Other | Kiếp Nào Có Yêu Nhau – Phạm Duy, Minh Đức Hoài Trinh

🌙 Still Something to Remember | Còn Chút Gì Để Nhớ – Phạm Duy, Vũ Hữu Định

🌙 Boat and Sea | Thuyền và Biển – Xuân Quỳnh

🌙 The Thụy Du Song | Khúc Thụy Du – Du Tử Lê

🌙 The Rain in June | Tháng Sáu Trời Mưa – Nguyên Sa, Hoàng Thanh Tâm

🌙 Ivory Teardrops | Giọt Nước Mắt Ngà – Ngô Thụy Miên

🌙 The Last Song of Remembrance | Niệm Khúc Cuối – Ngô Thụy Miên

🌙 Miles of Mountains and Streams | Mấy Dặm Sơn Khê – Nguyễn Văn Đông

🌙 The Purple Horizon | Chân Trời Tím – Trần Thiện Thanh

🌙 Student Flower | Hoa Học Trò – Nhất Tuấn

🌙 Keep Singing, Hương | Bài Hương Ca Vô Tận – Trầm Tử Thiêng

🌙 Calling My Beloved | Gọi Người Yêu Dấu – Vũ Đức Nghiêm

🌙 The Last Leaf | Chiếc Lá Cuối Cùng – Tuấn Khanh

🌙 Soul in Love's Torment | Nửa Hồn Thương Đau – Phạm Đình Chương

🌙 Which Month Is It Now? | Bây Giờ Tháng Mấy – Từ Công Phụng

🌙 Crystal Sunshine | Nắng Thủy Tinh – Trịnh Công Sơn

🌙 You Come from Millennia Ago | Em Đến Từ Nghìn Xưa – Trịnh Công Sơn

🌙 No Sunrise | Một Mình – Lam Phương

🌙 Hà Đông Silk Dress | Áo Lụa Hà Đông – Nguyên Sa

🌙 Tôi Vẫn Yêu Hoa Màu Tím | I Still Love Purple Flowers – Hoàng Trọng, vocals: HDN

🌙 Xin Còn Gọi Tên Nhau | Let's Still Call Each Other's Name – Trường Sa, vocals: Lệ Thu

🌙 Love's Pain of Being Late for Each Other | Nỗi Đau Muộn Màng – Ngô Thụy Miên

🌙 Trăng Cam Ly | Moon of Cam Ly – Hùng Cường

🌙 Water-Moon Seal-Classics: Contemporary Voices

— FAYLAND'S FAVORITE MUSICAL ADAPTATIONS —

🌙 Lullaby of the Six-Eight Verse | Em từ lục bát bước ra – Đặng Lệ Khánh

🌙 Reminiscence About Mỵ Châu Upon Seeing Bow and Arrow | Nhìn Cung Tên Nhớ Mỵ Châu – Đặng Lệ Khánh

🌙 Evening on the Longing River | Chiều Trên Sông Tương – Yên Sơn

🌙 The Rebirthing Kiss | Nụ Hôn Tái Sinh – Đào Mai Hương

🌙 Autumn Strings of Sorrow | Huyền Ca – Trần Hồ Dũng

🌙 Small Hand in Papa's Hand | Bàn Tay Nhỏ – Nguyên Thu

🌙 I Wish To Be | Cho Ta Xin – Quỳnh Hương

🌙 Who Will Gather for Me | Ngày Tháng Phiêu Bồng – Bùi Kim Thảo

🌙 Ivory Keys and Silent Goodbyes | Giáo Đường Có Em – Hồng Hạnh

🌙 For a Night of Poetry | Cho Một Đêm Thơ – Đặng Lệ Khánh

🌙 To One Waiting Under the Moonlight | Gởi Người Dưới Trăng – Song Nhị

🌙 Paris, Paris – Văn Tấn Phước

🌙 Thanh Tịnh Khúc | Serene Solitude – Thái Tú Hạp

🌙 Perennial Leaves | Cánh Lá Thiên Thu – Nguyệt Lệ

🌙 One Thousand & One Nights | Một Ngàn Lẻ Một Đêm – Vương Anh Đào

🌙 If One Day... | Nếu Một Ngày – Phạm Thị Diệu Thu

🌙 Glass of Wine for my Heart Friend | Chung Rượu Tri Âm – Thiên Di

🌙 Tình Như Ca Dao | Love Like a Folk Song – Huệ Thu

🌙 Lullaby of the Sea | Tiếng Sóng Ru Con – Thanh Trí

🌙 Love Story | Chuyện Tình – Đặng Lệ Khánh

Video Galleria

— OPEN LẠC HỒNG GARDEN —

🌙 A Debt to Beauty | Nợ Với Giai Nhân – Phan Khâm

🌙 A Distressed Vietnam | Phận Da Vàng – Nguyễn Minh Hải

🌙 A Refugee's Fairy Tale | Giấc Mơ Thần Tiên – Cao Tần

🌙 A Sad Homeland | Một Quê Hương Buồn – Nguyễn Minh Hải

🌙 A Treasure-Hiding Place | Chỗ Giấu Kho Tàng – Cao Tần

🌙 Autumn Love Song | Tình Ca Mùa Thu – Uyên Thúy Lâm

🌙 But I Still Thought...| Mà Sao Ta Cứ Ngỡ – Lê Văn Trước

🌙 Cherry Blossoms and my Sweetheart | Ai Đẹp Hơn Ai? – Nhất Hùng

🌙 Dawn of Returning Day | Bình Minh Ngày Trở Lại – Giọt Thu

🌙 Day Returning to the Sea | Ngày Về Với Biển – Phan Mạnh Thu

🌙 Don't Let Love Fade Away | Đừng Phai Ân Tình – Bùi Kim Thảo

🌙 Dream of Reunion | Mơ Giấc Tương Phùng – Trần Hồ Dũng

🌙 Empty a Cup of Dream | Cạn Chén Mơ – Thiên Di

🌙 Evening Melody | Cung Chiều – Nguyễn Minh Châu

🌙 Fading Dreams | Nghe Giấc Mơ Phai – Hoàng Uyển Văn

🌙 Forty Years | Bốn Mươi Năm – Ngọc Long

🌙 Gentle Sorrow | Dịu Buồn – Lưu Ly Thảo

🌙 Illusions | Ảo Ảnh – Dương Vân Châu Trúc Ca

🌙 Love Fair | Chợ Tình – Hoàng Uyển Văn

🌙 March Into Thăng Long | Tràn Vô Thăng Long – Trần Kim Bằng

🌙 My Exquisite Rose | Đóa Hồng Của Anh – Nhung Trương

🌙 Night Waiting for Moonlight | Đợi Trăng – Mục Tú

🌙 On the Top of Misty Cloud Mountain | Trên Đỉnh Phù Vân – Phó Đức Phương

🌙 One Evening Waiting for You to Come | Một Chiều Mong Em Đến – Song Nhị

🌙 Please Come Home, My Love | Về Đây Em – Trịnh Nam Sơn

🌙 Return to Dream Harbor | Trở Về Bến Mơ – Phạm Thị Ngọc Lan

🌙 Return Visit to Saigon | Về Thăm Lại Sài Gòn – Yên Sơn

🌙 Saigon, Season of Longing | Sài Gòn Mùa Nhớ – Minh Vân

🌙 Selfless | Vô Ngã – Dung Hạ

🌙 Sending You | Gởi Cho Em – Quỳnh Hương

🌙 Separated in a Dream | Anh và Tôi – Ngô Ái Loan

🌙 Springtime Since Loving You | Mùa Xuân Yêu Em – Thái Tú Hạp

🌙 Ten Years Apart, Ten Years of Longing | Mười Năm Tình Cũ – Trần Quảng Nam

🌙 The Four Seasons in Your Eyes | Bốn Mùa Trong Mắt Em – Nguyễn Hoàng Phương

🌙 The Immortal Flower | Hoa Bất Tử – Phạm Thị Minh Hưng

🌙 The Love Tree | Cây Tình Yêu – Hạnh Nguyễn

🌙 The New Millennium’s Hope | Hy Vọng 2000 – Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Dung

🌙 The Road Home's Far & It's Wet Outside | Đường Xa Ướt Mưa – Đức Huy

🌙 There Is a Place... | Có Một Miền... – Lâm Băng Phương

🌙 Unsent Love Letter | Thư Tình Không Gửi – Quốc Dũng

🌙 Wave to March | Tháng Ba Tạm Biệt Phố – Võ Thị Như Mai

🌙 Tuệ Nga's Poetry

Songs of the Water-Moon Founder's Mother.

— OPEN MOONLIT RIVER VIEW —

🌙 The Lullaby of Mother Vietnam | Lời Ru Mẹ Việt Nam

🌙 Following the Clouds... | Mùa Xuân Thơ Dạo Non Bồng — bilingual song

🌙 The River of Moonlight Streams | Từ Dòng Sông Trăng

🌙 Whence I Ever Find | Tìm — interleaved bilingual song

🌙 The Ancient Moon and Eternity | Dòng Cổ Nguyệt

🌙 Chuyện Tình Chinh Phụ | Tale of a Soldier's Wife

🌙 Ảo Phố | Illusion Town

🌙 Zen Moon | Trăng Thiền

🌙 Heaven's Gate Shrouded in Smoke and Mist | Cửa Trời, Sương Khói, Khói Sương

🌙 Bringing Mother’s Tender Affection Into Life | Con Mang Tình Mẹ Hồn Nhiên Vào Đời

🌙 Moonlight Halo of Guanyin | Vầng Trăng Quán Thế Âm

🌙 Một Thoáng Tìm Mình

🌙 Homeland Longings on a Snowing Night | Quê Cũ Gọi Thầm Đêm Tuyết Rơi

🌙 Folding Hands, Reciting Buddha's Name | Chắp Tay Niệm Phật

Video Galleria

— ABODE OF MISTY WHITE CLOUDS —

🌙 White Lotus | Bạch Liên

🌙 Poetry of Forgetness | Thơ Quên

🌙 April Song of Endless Sorrow | Tháng Tư Khúc Vạn Cổ Sầu

🌙 Người Thơ Vẫn Sầu (Bến Chiều)

🌙 Silent Rain | Âm Thầm Mưa

🌙 Serene Realm of Fragrance | Miền Trầm Hương

Verse-Story Opera Suites

🌙 Water-Moon P&P Verse-Story Opera Suite

by Vuong Thanh – Verse–Story Opera Composer, Prince of Muse Poetry
Adapted from Jane Austen – Queen of World Literature's Pride & Prejudice
Length: about 2.5 hours
Understanding Vocal Architecture of Water–Moon Operas

SAMPLERS

🎭 Water–Moon Opera Series – P&P 09 – Not Quite a Waltz, P1 (sampler)

RESERVED

🎭 Water–Moon Opera Series – P&P 01 – First Dance Hall Welcome of Bingley & Darcy

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 02 – Duel of Wits

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 03 – Mrs. Bennet’s Outbursts at Netherfield

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 04 – Of Rashness, Persuasion & Principle, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 05 – Of Rashness, Persuasion & Principle, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 06 – Despise Me If You Dare

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 07 – A Turn About the Room, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 08 – A Turn About the Room, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 09 – Not Quite a Waltz, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 10 – Not Quite a Waltz, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 11 – Not Quite a Waltz, P3

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 12 – Collin’s Pompous, Refusal-Proof Proposal, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 13 – Collin’s Pompous, Refusal-Proof Proposal, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 14 – Darcy's Conflicted Love Confession & Eliza's Angered Refusal, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 15 – Darcy's Conflicted Love Confession & Eliza's Angered Refusal, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 16 – Darcy's Conflicted Love Confession & Eliza's Angered Refusal, P3

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 17 – Darcy’s Letter – The Shattering of Elizabeth’s Prejudice, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 18 – Darcy’s Letter – The Shattering of Elizabeth’s Prejudice, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 19 – Pemberley's Visit – To Go Or Not To Go?

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 20 – Pemberley's Visit – The Grand Vistas & the Dreaded Threshold

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 21 – Pemberley's Visit – Mansion Tour, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 22 – Pemberley's Visit – Mansion Tour, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 23 – Pemberley's Visit – Mansion Tour, P3

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 24 – Pemberley's Visit – The Unbearably Embarrassed Encounter

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 25 – Pemberley's Visit – Eliza's Aria – What Could It Mean?

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 26 – Pemberley's Visit – An Absent Mind

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 27 – Pemberley's Visit – Why Is He So Altered?

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 28 – Pemberley's Visit – A Walk Together

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 29 – Pemberley's Visit – Observations of her Uncle and Aunt

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 30 – Pemberley's Visit – Darcy Introduces His Sister

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 31 – Pemberley's Visit – The Change in Manners

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 32 – Lady Katherine & Eliza: The Verbal Duel, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 33 – Lady Katherine & Eliza: The Verbal Duel, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 34 – Lady Katherine & Eliza: The Verbal Duel, P3

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 35 – Charlotte Lucas Aria – The Pragmatic Strategist

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 36 – The Heart-Duet of Union, P1

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 37 – The Heart-Duet of Union, P2

🎭 WM-OS – P&P 38 – The Heart-Duet of Union, P3

🌙 Water-Moon Kiều Verse-Story Opera Suite

by Vuong Thanh – the Eastern–Avalonian Poet
Adapted from The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du
Length: about 2 hours
Understanding Vocal Architecture of Water–Moon Operas

SAMPLERS

🎭 Water–Moon Opera Series – Kiều 05 – Kim & Kiều's Parting (sampler)

RESERVED

🎭 Water–Moon Opera Series – Kiều 01 – The Brooch & the Heart

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 02 – Crossing the Longing River

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 03 – Moonlit Vows

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 04 – The Music of Kiều

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 05 – Kim & Kiều's Parting

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 06 – Kiều's Life-Changing Decision

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 07 – Kiều Asked Her Sister to Take her Place

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 08 – Kiều Leaving Home

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 09 – Jade Tower Aria

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 10 – Sở Khanh's Trap

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 11 – Thúc Sinh & Nature's Masterpiece

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 12 – Kiều's Fears in Living Together With Thúc Sinh

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 13 – The Court Trial, P1

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 14 – The Court Trial, P2 & the Wedding

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 15 – Kiều's Counsel: Go Home and Tell Her About Us

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 16 – Hoạn Thư

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 17 – Thúc Sinh & Hoạn Thư's Reunion

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 18 – Kiều's Abduction

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 19 – Lovers Dare Not Recognize Each Other, P1

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 20 – Lovers Dare Not Recognize Each Other, P2

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 21 – Thuc's Confession of Remorse

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 22 – The Ant's Escape from the Cup

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 23 – Từ Hải & Kiều

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 24 – Gratitudes Paid & Revenge Taken, P1

🎭 WM-OS – Kiều 25 – Gratitudes Paid & Revenge Taken, P2

🌙 Water–Moon The Reawakening of Kim & Kiều
Verse–Story Opera Suite

by Vuong Thanh – the Exiled Fayland's Citizen
A sequel where The Tale of Kiều ends.
Length: about 45 minutes
Understanding Vocal Architecture of Water–Moon Operas

SAMPLERS

🎭 Water–Moon Opera Series – The Reawakening of Kim & Kiều 06 (sampler)

RESERVED

🎭 Water–Moon Opera Series – The Reawakening of Kim & Kiều 01 –
Where Dreams Do Not Die

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 02 – Kim Trọng Confronts Nguyễn Du, P1

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 03 – Kim Trọng Confronts Nguyễn Du, P2

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 04 – Kim Trọng's Oath Reborn

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 05 – Kiều’s Lament in the Temple

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 06 – What Renunciation Broke

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 07 – Love Interlude – Precious Heart, Come Back to Me

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 08 – The Prison of Hồ Tôn Hiến – Justice Delivered

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 09 – At Từ Hải's Grave

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 10 – The Renewed Vows

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 11 – Spring After Sorrow

🎭 WM-OS – Reawakening 12 – Final Duet – The Light of Dawn

Fayland's Heritage Works / In-Progress

🌙 Fayland's Heritage Works

The Eastern–Avalonian Poet's Featured Works

🌙 George Washington – Crown of Honor

🌙 怀兴道大王 | Hoài Hưng Đạo Đại Vương

🌙 Epic Ode to My Homeland

🌙 Vọng Tiền Nhân | Reminiscence of Historical Figures

⚖️ Cry of the Ashes – Joan of Arc’s Mother’s Laments

🌙 Anh Khí Nghìn Thu | Patriotic Vietnamese Spirit

🌙 Bring in the Wine | 將進酒 – original by Li Bai

🌙 The Flight Journey of Lyrical Free Verse

🌙 The Folly of Blind Echoes and Untruth

🌙 Mơ Với Chim Bằng | Dream Flying with Bằng

The Water–Moon Bridges Across the East–West Literary Divide

300+ songs comprising orginal compositions, Water–Moon anthology of Vietnamese poetry and songs, Chinese classics soulistic adaptations, heroic & homeland songs, lyrical reflections, etc.
Book: A Garden of Vietnamese Lyrics & Verse, Volume 1, Bilingual Edition, published 2019, 600+ pages, 6" x 9"
Book: Nguyễn Du's The Tale of Kiều, Bilingual Edition, published 2022, 450+ pages, 8" x 10"
Book: Lament Song of a Soldier's Wife & Lạc Hồng Poetry–Music Flower Garden, published 2024, open access PDF, 500+ pages
Book: Exhortation to Military Officers (Hịch Tướng Sĩ) – in four languages: Chinese, Hán Việt, Vietnamese, and English, published 2019, 2023, open access PDF, 30 pages
A collection of essays on Medium about poetry, language, reflections on truth, beauty, literature, exposing of falsehoods, hypocrisies, and historical figures. At: Thanh Vuong – Medium
Literary Website: https://thetaleofkieu.lachong.net – contains English translation of Kieu and Lạc Hồng Poetry-Music Garden with about 3000 curated poems and songs by many authors since the 10th century
Literary Website: https://hanthituyendich.lachong.net – contains over 250+ curated Chinese poetry classics since the Common Era, with over 60+ soulistic transports to Vietnamese
Vuong Thanh's Water–Moon World

The Multicultural Lyrical Scholar–Poet's Featured Essays & Songs

⚖️ The Scarlet Letter: Narrative Malpractice and Evasion of Honorable Responsibility

⚖️ 朱枚 (Zhu Mei): The Forsaken Soul (For Zhu Mei, the soul of the famous wuxia novels)

⚖️ The Byronic Poison

⚖️ The Anatomy of a Fraud: Dismantling the Myth of Napoleon Bonaparte

⚖️ Cinematic Malpractice: Misrepresenting Elizabeth Bennet’s Character in Pride & Prejudice

⚖️ The Disrespect of Joan of Arc in Karen Green’s Book

⚖️ Translating Kiều Faithfully: Restoring Nguyễn Du’s Voice in English

🪶 Lyrical Free Verse: Raising the Bar for Faithful Translation of Vietnamese Masterpieces

🪶 The Ultimate Principle of Faithful Translation Is Respect

🪶 The Emotional Illogic of A Tale of Two Cities

🪶 Replacing ‘Free Indirect Speech’ with ‘Character‑Voice‑in‑Narration’

🪶 The Quality Illusion: Why Thin Premium Windows Laptops Don’t Last

🪶 The Logitech MX Ergo Paradox: Premium Price, Penny Switches, and the Trackpad Surrender

🌙 Confiding in the Moon

🌙 VT’s Poetry Talks: Lục Bát: The Vietnamese Lyrical Soul: A Complete Guide

🌙 Understanding Viet Poetry Forms in 30 Minutes (Written in Vietnamese)

🌙 Cẩm Sắt (錦瑟): An In-depth Treatise on Li Shangyin’s Most Mind-Bending, Mysterious Masterpiece (Written in Vietnamese)

🌙 Le Sanctuaire Inaltérable: La Voix et l'Intégrité de Vũ Hoàng Chương (Written in Vietnamese)

🌙 怀兴道大王 / Hoài Hưng Đạo Đại Vương (Sung in Mandarin & Vietnamese)

The Prince of Muse Poetry's Featured Muse & Fayland Songs

🌙 Jane Austen – The Narrator–Smile

🌙 O 芳菲, Mythical Maiden

🌙 She Plays the Guzheng (A Song Tribute to Peng Jingxuan)

🌙 Flame and Mist: A Portrait of Zhang Xinyu (张馨予) in Verse

🌙 Lan Đình Thi Tự Ngạt Ngào Hương

🌙 Jade Pavillion Silklight | Kỳ Hoa

🌙 Thiên Nhai Đối Tuyết | Snow at the Edge of the World

🌙 For Karen – The Most Soulistic and Soul–Embracing Voice in the World

Tribunal of Clarity's Featured Songs

⚖️ Napoleon’s Island Vacation Packages

⚖️ 朱枚 (Zhu Mei): The Forsaken Soul (For Zhu Mei, the soul of the famous wuxia novels)

⚖️ After Five Centuries, O Joan... – A Hymn-Lament

⚖️ Cry of the Ashes – Joan of Arc’s Mother’s Laments

⚖️ The Scarlet Letter Fraud

⚖️ On Tolkien's Masterpiece Treated as Children's Fiction

📘 The Fraudulent Definitions of Visual and Perfect Rhyme

📘 When Prose Becomes Queen of Poetry

📘 The Folly of Blind Echoes and Untruths

🎭 The Byronic Poison

🎭 The Emperor's New Clothes of Unlyrical Prose Poetry

🪶 Some Thoughts on a Friend's Confessional Poem

🪶 When the World... (From Tribunal of Clarity)

The Verse-Story Opera Composer's Featured Signature Works

🌙 The Twelfth Night of June | Mười Hai Tháng Sáu – original by Vũ Hoàng Chương

🌙 Bring in the Wine | 將進酒 – original by Li Bai

🌙 Nostalgic Regrets | 感懷 | Cảm Hoài – original by Đặng Dung

🌙 Endless Longing | 長相思 – original by 梁意娘 (Lương Ý Nương, 10th century)

🌙 Swear Not By the Moon – adapted from Shakespeare's iconic balcony scene in Romeo & Juliet.

🌙 Water–Moon Opera Series – P&P Verse–Story Opera Suite (about 2.5 hours)

🌙 Water–Moon Opera Series – Kiều Verse–Story Opera Suite (about 2 hours)

🌙 Water–Moon Opera Series – The Reawakening of Kim & Kiều Opera Suite (45 min)

The Exiled Fayland Citizen's Featured Lyrical Reflections

🌙 Heart Friend | Tri Tâm

🌙 Confiding in the Moon

🌙 Beautiful Like a Dream

🌙 Song of Unrestraint

🌙 Dream Flying with Bằng Bird | Mơ Với Chim Bằng

🌙 The Exiled Fayland Citizen – Vuong Thanh's bio-song

🌙 In-Progress & Anticipated

In-Progress

🌿 Sense & Sensibility – adaptation planned for 2027

Anticipated

🌿 These opera suites will be available for viewing in Spring of 2027: Pride & Prejudice, Kiều, The Reawakening of Kim & Kiều.

🌿 Possibly a new English verse-story opera suite based on either the legend of Queen Trưng or Princess Huyền Trân, for 2027

🌿 Plan to create several dozen Water-Moon musical adaptations in English from curated Vietnamese and Chinese poetry & song classics, aimed at bridging the East-West literary divide

🌿 A comprehensive guide to understanding the ancient Chinese lushi poetry form, including verse reply rules

Fun Stuff

🌿 Truyện Tình Mã Văn Tài & Chúc Anh Đài
An incomplete verse‑story opera suite with 3 completed scenes available for your enjoyment

Suite Description
A Vietnamese verse‑story opera featuring a major plot twist on the classic Butterfly Lovers legend – where Mã Văn Tài and Chúc Anh Đài take center stage as the main protagonists, while the naïve Lương Sơn Bá ultimately ends up with one of Mã Văn Tài’s friends

🎭 Màn 1 – Ngươi là trai hay gái?

🎭 Màn 2 – MVT ngỏ lời kết bạn

🎭 Màn 3 – Hoài nghi của CAD

VT's Open Community Literary EWorks

🌙 Lament Song of a Soldier’s Wife (Chinh Phụ Ngâm) & Lạc Hồng Poetry–Music Flower Garden

The most faithful and lyrical translation in English — a soulistic transport of Lament Song of a Soldier's Wife (Chinh Phụ Ngâm) by a multicultural lyrical scholar-poet who owns two lyrical mother tongues: English and Vietnamese. This e-work includes a companion volume: Lạc Hồng Poetry-Music Flower Garden, introducing Vietnamese literature through the poetry and song lyrics of 165+ Eastern authors since ancient times.

Published in 2024. The attached PDF is 8" x 10" in size, 540 pages in color. Free to share, distribute, and print for non-commercial use.

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🌙 Prince General Trần Hưng Đạo's Hịch Tướng Sĩ | Exhortation to Military Officers

The most faithful and lyrical translation in English — a soulistic transport of Hịch Tướng Sĩ by a multicultural lyrical scholar-poet who owns two lyrical mother tongues: English and Vietnamese with in-depth knowledge of Hán Việt and Eastern classics. This e-work curates additional translations into Vietnamese: a song thất lục bát poem by Nguyễn Văn Bình and a prose translation by Trần Trọng Kim.

Published in 2023. The attached PDF is 8.5" x 11" in size, 30 pages in color. Free to share, distribute, and print for non-commercial use.

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🌙 Nguyễn Du's The Tale of Kiều (Bilingual Edition)

The most faithful and lyrical translation in English — a soulistic transport of The Tale of Kiều by a multicultural lyrical scholar-poet who owns two lyrical mother tongues: English and Vietnamese. Using Kiều as a cultural bridge, the latter part of the book introduces to the Western world about 100 poems and song lyrics by various authors.

Published in 2022. The attached PDF is 8" x 10" in size, 450 pages in color. Free to share, distribute, and print for non-commercial use.

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Monochrome physical copy can be obtained through Amazon.

Web-based version of Kiều can be accessed here: https://thetaleofkieu.lachong.net/chapters-of-kieu

🌙 40 Selected Songs by Vinh Dien (Bilingual Edition)

I made this book to honor the prolific songwriter Vĩnh Điện, who started on his music journey over 6 decades ago. The book consists of 40 selected songs and personal reminiscences about Vĩnh Điện from his friends.

Published in 2020. The attached PDF is 8" x 10" in size, 254 pages in color. Free to share, distribute, and print for non-commercial use.

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Monochrome physical copy can be obtained through Amazon.

🌙 A Garden of Vietnamese Lyrics & Verse, Volume 1 (Bilingual Edition)

The book contains over 150 poems and songs, written by many classical and contemporary Vietnamese authors, including Nguyễn Du, Hồ Xuân Hương, Bà Huyện Thanh Quan, Nguyễn Công Trứ, Tản Đà, Vũ Hoàng Chương, Đinh Hùng, Nguyễn Bính, Ngân Giang, Thâm Tâm, Hà Thượng Nhân, Tuệ Nga, Phạm Duy, Vuong Thanh, ...

Published in 2019. The attached PDF is 6" x 9" in size, 621 pages. Free to share, distribute, and print for non-commercial use.

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Monochrome physical copy can be obtained through Amazon.