The beauty Trinh Cong Son was so infatuated with, he sent 300 love letters

Trinh Cong Son's music night "Love Letter to a Person" was held on the evening of April 8 in Da Lat. On this occasion, Dao Anh - one of the late musician's loves - from the US sent Trinh Vinh Thuy (Trinh Cong Son's younger sister) a letter with photos of her when she was young. The letter read: "Lighting incense and sipping wine, Anh of the past as well as Anh of today, missing you today as well as missing you in the past days, months, and years, the days, months, and years to come." In the photo: Portrait of Dao Anh at the age of 16 with Trinh Cong Son (behind).

The love story between Trinh Cong Son and Dao Anh blossomed through letters, starting in 1964. At that time, Dao Anh was a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Hue, who had admired Trinh Cong Son since childhood, and he was 24 years old at that time. In the letters, Dao Anh expressed her feelings and consoled the musician about his unhappiness after he broke up with Ngo Vu Bich Diem - Dao Anh's sister and the musician who loved and wrote "Old Diem" for her. However, the late musician's love for Bich Diem was not as deep as that for her younger sister.

In the 37 years from the time he met Dao Anh until the end of his life, Trinh Cong Son wrote more than 300 letters to her. He wrote the most from 1964 to 1967, when he was in Bao Loc. These letters were published by her in 2011, then published in book form under the title "Love Letter to a Person" (Tre Publishing House).

Trinh Cong Son composed many songs for Dao Anh such as "Pink Rain", "Con tuoi nao cho em", "Lullaby for you with warm spring fingers", "Loi buon thanh"...

Through letters to his lover, Trinh Cong Son always expressed his doubts about a happy ending between the two. He believed that a breakup and suffering were inevitable. Their love story ended in 1967 when the musician initiated the breakup. Dao Anh went to the US to study and get married, but still maintained a close relationship with Trinh Cong Son and his family.

Dao Anh returned to Vietnam to visit Trinh Cong Son in 1993 and the late musician wrote the song "Please pay debt to someone". When she returned to the US, she divorced her husband. In the last years of the musician's life, when he was seriously ill, she often returned to Vietnam to take care of her ex-lover.

The last letter Trinh Cong Son sent to Dao Anh was via email on January 17, 2001, nearly three months before his death. At that time, he was lying in bed, unable to hold a pen, but still thinking of Dao Anh, so he asked a friend to type and send it for him.

In 2011, the late musician's family held an event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death and invited Dao Anh to speak, but she postponed it because she was afraid of standing in front of a crowd. This year, on the 16th anniversary of Trinh Cong Son's death, Dao Anh wanted to be present but could not arrange to return home.

The manuscript of the song "Please pay debt to someone" was sent to Dao Anh with the notes of musician Trinh Cong Son. The song has been recorded by many singers such as Khanh Ly, Tuan Ngoc, Cam Van, Hong Nhung... 16 years since Trinh Cong Son's death (April 1, 2001), his music has always been a spiritual stream that cools the souls of many Vietnamese people.

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