Bonjour Vietnam by Pham Quynh Anh

Let's listen to Bonjour Vietnam, presented by Pham Quynh Anh.



This is a Vietnam's beauty slideshow with a soft, sweet and sensuous vocals of the young Vietnamese-Belgian Pham Quynh Anh performing "Bonjour Vietnam" a wonderful French ballad written by Marc Lavoine.

Bonjour Vietnam

Raconte moi ce nom étrange et difficile à prononcer
Que je porte depuis que je suis née.
Raconte moi le vieil empire et le trait de mes yeux bridés,
Qui disent mieux que moi ce que tu n'oses dire.
Je ne sais de toi que des images de la guerre,
Un film de Coppola, [et] des hélicoptères en colère ...

Un jour, j'irai là bas, un jour dire bonjour à ton âme.
Un jour, j'irai là bas [pour] te dire bonjour, Vietnam.

Raconte moi ma couleur, mes cheveux et mes petits pieds,
Qui me portent depuis que je suis née.
Raconte moi ta maison, ta rue, raconte moi cet inconnu,
Les marchés flottants et les sampans de bois.
Je ne connais de mon pays que des photos de la guerre,
Un film de Coppola, [et] des hélicoptères en colère ...

Un jour, j'irai là bas, un jour dire bonjour à mon âme.
Un jour, j'firai là bas [pour] te dire bonjour, Vietnam.

Les temples et les Boudhas de pierre pour mes pères,
Les femmes courbées dans les rizières pour mes mères,
Dans la prière, dans la lumière, revoir mes frères,
Toucher mon âme, mes racines, ma terre...

Un jour, j'irai là bas, un jour dire bonjour à mon âme.
Un jour, j'irai là bas [pour] te dire bonjour, Vietnam (2 fois)

An english version (Likeguslee)

Hello Vietnam

Tell me this name, strange and difficult to pronounce
That I have carried since my birth
Tell me the old empire and the feature of my slanted eyes
Describing me better than what you dare not say
I only know you from the war images
A Coppola movie, (and) the angry helicopters

Someday, I will go there, someday to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam

Tell me my color, my hair and my small feet
That I have carried since my birth
Tell me your house, your street, tell me this unknown entity
The floating markets and the wooden sampans
I could only recognize my country from the war photos
A Coppola movie, (and) the helicopters in anger

Someday, I will go there, someday to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam

The temples and the stone-carved Buddha statues for my fathers
The stooping women in the rice fields for my mothers
Praying in the light to see my brothers again
To touch my soul, my roots, my land..

Someday, I will go there, someday to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam (twice)

Pham Quynh Anh visits Hanoi

Pham Quynh Anh, the Belgian Vietnamese singer arrives at Hanoi yesterday. She stays at Melia Hotel and refuses to talk to the press. However, she keeps signing for fans. Earlier, Pham Quynh Anh sang "Bonjour Vietnam" in Sai Gon with great emotion!




Signing for fans

Quynh Anh in Hanoi



Quynh Anh in HCMC, she sang Bonjour Vietnam with great emotion!

Pham Quynh Anh to visit Vietnam the first time!

Pham Quynh Anh, the Belgium Vietnamese singer, will visit Vietnam, her mother homeland, for the first time on November, 11th. Pham Quynh Anh is known to the Vietnamese people with the song "Bonjour Vietnam" by Marc Lavoine. In a recent interview with local newspaper, Quynh Anh admitted she can speak Vietnamese with difficulty, so writing is almost impossible. However, she is still welcome here at Vietnam.