Listen to Trinh's music to feel the passionate soul of life

It has been 16 years since musician Trinh Cong Son left this world. His music still resonates, still captivates listeners, old and new. The sadness is still there, but it cannot be denied.

Almost everyone admits that Trinh Cong Son's music is very sad, very philosophical, very profound and also very difficult to understand. Not many people can fully understand the layers of meaning that the late musician conveyed in each of his compositions.

Just know that his music always makes listeners feel sympathy and admiration, whether he writes about human fate, about mothers, about women, about love or other struggles in life.

Many times, listeners of Trinh's music seem to awaken from sadness, to feel their hearts soothed, shared, to become stronger and therefore, to love life more passionately. Trinh's music has also burned brightly many times, enough to inspire many generations and bring joy.

Joining hands - a fiery song

"The mountains and forests spread their arms to reconnect the ancient sea/ We go in a circle of arms forever to connect the mountains and rivers/ The vast land, our brothers return, meeting each other is as joyful as a storm swirling in the vast sky/ Our hands join together to connect a circle of Vietnam..."

The lyrics from the passionate patriotic heart of the talented musician really moved and spread. Since the mid-1960s, "Joining Hands" has become the opening song in all collective activities of students throughout the South. The song was born to encourage the fighting spirit and the aspiration to unify the country.

This song also went down in history on the afternoon of April 30, 1975. When people were excitedly taking to the streets, joyfully celebrating the reunification of the country, Trinh Cong Son had the opportunity to sing it on Saigon Radio. The song played in that great context moved all listeners to sing it out loud.

Let the wind take it away - "Living in life, you need a heart"

Famous singer Khanh Ly - who had a long time with the late musician Trinh Cong Son, said: "At that time, I was very poor. I had no money, lived in a house full of books and newspapers with a bunch of boyfriends but I didn't pay attention to anyone. At that time, I only needed money because I couldn't get an ao dai or a pair of shoes. But when I asked Mr. Son "What do you need most in life?", he said that in life, you only need a heart. At that time, I didn't understand. I thought "A heart is for eating?".

This is probably the inspiration for musician Trinh Cong Son to compose the song "Let the wind take you away". For the late musician Trinh Cong Son, people do not live just to survive but to live "need to have a heart", to have love above all else, even though the heart is ultimately only "taken away by the wind". The musician also passionately "love the coming day", no matter how yesterday, today passes...

Don't despair, my dear - "You are innocent, you will see the dawn"

Don't Be Desperate is a song composed by musician Trinh Cong Son based on the love story between him and a beautiful runner-up - who brought him intense feelings of love.

That love seemed to be with the musician forever, but one day she suddenly left, leaving Trinh Cong Son with a feeling of loss and endless sadness. That unfinished love became the inspiration for Trinh Cong Son to create the song "Don't despair, my dear".

"Don't despair, my dear, don't despair

Autumn leaves fall in the middle of winter

Don't despair, my dear, don't despair

You are me and I am you.

The kite flies but the soul is cold

The kite falls to add sadness to the abyss

Who am I to still keep a tear mark?

Who am I to be in this world?

Who am I, who am I, who am I?

But I love this life so much...."

In the simplest way, generation after generation, regardless of distance, hearts broken by love come to "Don't despair, please" as a "medicine" to soothe the pain and rekindle their faith in life. The rhythm of "Don't despair, please" and "Who am I, who am I, who am I that I love this life so much" resounds like a wake-up call for each person.

Let's Love Each Other - The song that makes listeners crave love

This song was composed by Trinh Cong Son in 1970, during the fierce war, when life and death were always close at hand.

Musician Trinh Cong Son wrote this song as an urge for everyone to love each other because life is short, and to cherish every moment together.

If love can make people forget all the pain, forget all the darkness and only have happiness left like the lyrics: "Let's give each other thousands of days of love/ Let's give each other happiness and pain/ The heart gives us a place to take refuge/ Let's forget many days of desolation" then surely everyone will want to love and be loved.

Pink Rain - "Life is so short that you can be indifferent"

Pink Rain is one of Trinh Cong Son’s love songs that is loved by many generations of audiences. Pink Rain is a longing, regret, and yearning for a love, but listeners do not hear any sadness. On the contrary, covering all the sadness is the respect and preciousness of every moment of living and loving.

And finally, after all, it is still a passionate reason to live "Life is so short that we should be indifferent".

Lullaby - "Lullaby for me to love you forever"

Lullaby is a song that musician Trinh Cong Son wrote specifically for a Japanese singer. Because she wanted to go to Vietnam to meet Trinh Cong Son, the singer had an accident and passed away.

Feeling so sorry and sad for the talented and ill-fated girl, Trinh Cong Son composed the song "Ru tinh". Ru tinh is a lullaby of an unreal but extremely beautiful love, giving listeners more faith and motivation in love.

I am a little rose - A lively children's song

When mentioning Trinh Cong Son, people often immediately think of timeless love songs, but few realize that he was also a musician who composed many famous children's songs.

One of them is the song "I am a little rose" and the first person to perform this song was "Miss Bong" Hong Nhung, who was only 14 years old at that time. The song is about the dreams of children, about the wish for children to grow up, to be as beautiful as their mother's spring, as the sunshine of their father.

The Endless Age - The Beautiful Days of Youth

The song "A boundless life" was written by musician Trinh Cong Son in 1982. He once commented: "Today's young generation is much more beautiful than the past", perhaps that's why the late musician wrote this song specifically for the youth. As well as to tell everyone that this life is vast and beautiful and to just accept it freely.

According to VTV