Ca dao Viet Nam : [electronic resource] a bilingual anthology of Vietnamese folk poetry / edited, translated, & introduced by John Balaban.

English and Vietnamese.

Linked verses -- Colonial troops transport -- Saigon River -- Pole at the village pagoda -- Coins of Van Lich -- Leaving the village -- Harmony in the kingdom -- Autumn -- Love lament -- Complaining about the second wife -- Body is pain -- Red cloth -- Lullaby -- Ship of redemption -- Tiny bird -- Talking about birds -- Venturing out -- Mother Egret -- Egret's death and funeral preparations -- Tao -- Ke-Mo village girl -- Across the field of the old corporal -- Difficulties at love -- Phoenixes and sparrows -- Looking out in all directions -- Whiskey lovers -- Replies -- Testing the Confucian ideal -- Carp -- Painting -- Mandarin who couldn't do anything -- Woman's heart -- Husband and wife -- Impossible tasks -- Girl with the Binh Tien hairdo -- Wicked woman -- Singer with a bad voice -- Arranged marriage -- Homesick bride -- Outpost soldier -- Evening -- Cat -- Concubine -- Bare rocks and stars -- Clear skies, still sea -- From so mountain -- King star -- At the exiled king's river pavilion -- Cao Dao singers from Phoenix Island.