Evening Poem

At dusk, I sit by the water and enjoy the natural world around me.  It inspired me to write my first poem in Khmer.  I had to look up most of these words, so it was a good project.

Lngiak                   

Loak-kaeh jia tom neung ploo.

Try haehl knong dteuk.             

Kn’yom on-guy graom daum-cho pla-cho.

Vwia jia ngo-ngot.

Jam ch'ree-ung

om-bpee son-dti-pee-up.

Mayk jia bpoan khiaw.

Aa-gaah jia pa-aem neung ro-ngia.

Kn’yom mnek-aeng.

Kn’yom kern vial s’rai bpoa bai dtorng.

Srok-srae jia s’ngut.

Bpale jia yoot.

Kn’yom sabai

knorng S’rok k’mai.

Evening

The moon is big and bright.

Fish swim in the water.

I sit under a fruit tree.

It is dark.

The birds sing

about peace.

The sky is blue.

The air is cool.

I’m alone.

I see the green rice paddies.

The countryside is quiet.

Time is slow.

I am happy

in Cambodia.