Hong Nhung writes a book about memories with Trinh Cong Son

On the 21st anniversary of the musician’s death, from France, Hong Nhung remember him. After living in Paris for more than half a year, the singer has a quiet time, recalling many past memories, being encouraged by relatives and friends to write books.

In the cold afternoon of April 1, Hong Nhung wrote to her one-time lover: “Today, Paris suddenly snowed in the middle of spring, a whole sky of white flowers fluttered… I’m here now, in the midst of the cradle of art. The art that I used to cherish, to be silent, to rewrite stories of experiences, memories that always sparkle in the misty afternoons… Those stories, stories of fate let me meet I will let you relive the moments without haste, without hiding, without needing to omit. Because to me, only to me, you are not singer Hong Nhung, but a woman and child.” .

Living in Paris, Hong Nhung misses Trinh Cong Son more because he loves the city, having told many places here. The singer went to almost all the places the musician spoke, including the cafe De Flore on Avenue Saint Germain.

The artist came up with the idea of ​​22 stories, completed a few of them, thanks to his father – translator Le Van Vien and two friends who are professors in the US – edited. The singer talks about the memory of the musician Trinh Cong Son is a long story among them, maybe even a book of its own. Untitled work, expected to be released in the next two years. Hong Nhung does not attach great importance to publishing and selling books, first of all, she just wants to write for herself.

“Mr Trinh Cong Son is the great love of my life. 10 years with the musician is 10 years of happiness, joy, being loved and protected. I will tell the story of fate for me to meet him. Paint honestly, without hiding or omitting,” said Hong Nhung.

In the last days of his life, when his illness got worse, Trinh Cong Son refused to meet many people, but Hong Nhung was always able to visit him. When he passed away, the singer was in Australia touring with Thu Phuong. “When I heard the news, I initially thought it was a malicious joke on April 1, but then I was forced to look at the truth. I canceled the following concerts, went home to see him off. I felt like I lost my home. Many years have passed, I still live with that sadness through songs and memories of him, “Hong Nhung said. The singer does not regret not being with the musician the moment he died because it was an arrangement of fate.

Hong Nhung: ‘Day ended because I didn’t have time to thank Trinh Cong Son’

In the book, the singer will recount the fateful meeting with the musician in 1991. At that time, Hong Nhung “wet feet and dry feet” entered Ho Chi Minh City, and sang along with Thanh Lam in a performance of artists and writers. At that time, the little man got drunk and listened to her humming: “Love is sweet honey, honey is sweet on the lips / Love is bitter honey, honey is bitter in life / Love is like the sea, the sea is wide with two shoulders” ( item Quietly this place). He approached, helped her roll up her sleeves, and softly sang along. The next day, Trinh Cong Son asked his friends to find Hong Nhung and invited him to his house to play. When there was no cell phone or internet, it took his friends all day to find Hong Nhung. After a fateful meeting, the house at 47C Pham Ngoc Thach is a familiar place for the female singer to go home.

At that time, Hong Nhung had achieved many achievements in Hanoi but was still an unknown name in the South. Trinh Cong Son introduced singers to many famous venues at that time. Close to the most famous musician, she faced many detractors and jealousy. “Many people are upset because a girl who is only 21 years old, black, thin, ugly, with crooked teeth, a new soldier from Hanoi, is familiar and close to Mr. Trinh Cong Son. But I am not too concerned because at the same time. go to school, sing, take care of his father. And most importantly, Mr. Son loves and pampers Bong too much. That love is enough to appease envy and jealousy, “said the singer. “Please feel free to wave goodbye to life” is a saying he often advises Hong Nhung.

Hong Nhung sings “The childhood is a person”

Diva and musician get along well because they’re both deep, introverted people who like to joke around. Every time he gathers with friends, Trinh Cong Son often shows off: “Hong Nhung talks happily” or asks: “But, Nhung, pretend to speak with a local accent”.

Trinh Cong Son’s love for Hong Nhung was clearly expressed in a series of songs written for Bong: Bong Bong, Bong is not Bong, Thoi Bong is human. In which, Hong Nhung likes the most sentences in the article Thu Bong is a person, with the song: “Bang jokes on the sea. Bong plays with mountains. Bong jokes with me”.

Good musician in French, many times taught foreign languages ​​to Hong Nhung. He called the singer “La Femme Enfant” (childish woman) because of his old-fashioned thinking compared to his age, the way he spoke was still bold and innocent. Once, when a foreign reporter came to interview Trinh and asked how old Hong Nhung was, the singer answered “25”. The musician laughed and joked: “No, she’s 52 years old.”

Ha Thu