To your people the Mekong means business

The Nam Kang is their playground

***

Your children have suffered much

From your beauty and your weakness

Their children will suffer for their beauty too

***

But their smiles

Ngaam lai, ngaam lai lai

And their warmth

Khawp jai, lai lai.

***

Luang Prabang:

A jewel on a pinhead

Trying to balance