Author - Work: Blue of Time

(Quang Ngai Newspaper) - Doctor Duong Quang Hung was born in 1955 in Quang Ngai. He not only wore a white blouse to bring joy to everyone, but also attached himself to the guitar in the image of a true musician - singer. Although he left this world at a creative age due to a serious illness, he still managed to leave behind profound lyrical songs, passionate about life and people...

I am not a music connoisseur or passionate person, but music often comes to me by chance and stays with me naturally when I encounter beautiful lyrics in a beautiful melody. The song "The Green of Time" composed by musician Duong Quang Hung from the poem of the same name by the late poet Nguyen Trung Hieu is an example. For a long time, I always hummed to myself the lyrics in this song: "In the cruel pain, I understand your heart more/ The person who prolongs the rhythm of everyday life, we easily forget...".

I learned that during a hospital stay, poet Nguyen Trung Hieu was so moved by the dedicated care of the doctors and nurses that he wrote the poem “The Green of Time” as a tribute to them. It seemed like a predestined relationship, doctor and musician Duong Quang Hung immediately accepted the poem and brought music to the poem to take flight. The loving soul of doctor and musician Duong Quang Hung deeply penetrated the poet’s message to the doctors who silently work day and night by the bedside.

In this song, Duong Quang Hung kept almost the entire meaning of the poem intact, but the accents of a professional musician made the lyrics more poignant: "Sometimes we accidentally / Sometimes we accidentally / Let a day stay / Sometimes we accidentally / Sometimes you accidentally / Let a day stay...". Perhaps Duong Quang Hung wanted to affirm that the "sometimes" we or you "let a day stay" is the day everyone "understands your heart better", "in the cruel pain"? Because, as a physician, more than anyone else, doctor Duong Quang Hung understands and agrees with the poet's meaning when "on normal days we easily forget" those who have devoted their whole lives to choosing a difficult profession with the wish to "prolong life" for everyone. Perhaps this is the reason why the melody that resonates from the depths of the artist's soul, inside the white blouse, is so poignant and touching.

I love the way musician - doctor Duong Quang Hung makes music, erases all boundaries between verses, uses music to connect the verses and intentionally repeats a certain poetic idea, he naturally tells the story of the soul of the patient - poet and the healer - musician: "In the cruel pain, I understand your heart more / The person who prolongs the rhythm of everyday life that we easily forget / You are half in me so that my life is less painful / You are half in me so that we always have each other...". The sublimation in creativity of musician - doctor Duong Quang Hung is most clearly shown at the end of this song, listeners can feel the romanticism and enthusiasm of the artist in the harmony between the lyrics and the music: "What a beautiful verse, green throughout time like the fragrant scent of flowers, remembering the sparkling moon / You are half in me like the sparkling moon". The musician added a few lyrics and changed just a few words to make the poetic meaning more elegant and emotional.

Musician - doctor Duong Quang Hung and poet Nguyen Trung Hieu have both passed away peacefully, but the beautiful poems and melodies from their souls still remain in "The Green of Time" along with the doctors who devoted themselves day and night to "extending the rhythm of life" for many people with the spirit: "A yellow leaf falls / the green color seems unchanged".

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Published at: 11:09, 22/02/2025

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