Tags: Poem.
The Chinh phụ ngâm (Lament of the soldier’s wife 征婦吟) is a poem in classical Chinese written by the Vietnamese author Đặng Trần Côn (1710-1745). It is also called the Chinh phụ ngâm khúc (征婦吟曲) with the additional -khúc (tune 曲) emphasizing that it can be performed as a musical piece not just read as a plain lament (ngâm 吟). The Chinese poem was translated into vernacular chữ Nôm by several translators including Phan Huy Ích and Đoàn Thị Điểm.