are happily married and the King of Sở, grateful for Tiên's assistance in driving out the Ô Qua, and himself eager to retire to a pagoda, allows Tiên to take the throne and rule the country. This summary in English proves the maxim "To translate is to betray," not only because the rich elaborating detail and the music of verse are lost but also because it fails to evoke in Western listeners certain prior texts a knowledge of which is essential to proper appreciation. Text The first six lines of the poem are: See also Lục Vân Tiên (film) References External links Lục Vân Tiên , Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Sai Gon Claud & Cie (1901), translated into Vietnamese by Trương Vĩnh Ký. Vietnamese poems Culture of South Vietnam 19th century in Vietnam 19th-century poems