Ru Tinh - Trinh Cong Son - Hong Nhung

Grew up in the sixties in Viet Nam, Trinh Cong Son's songs expressed my yearning for love and to be loved. His songs were full of love for humanity and country. He gave me a voice and feelings that I sang his songs whenever I felt depressed and discouraged.

Trinh Cong Son represents a Beethoven of music at the time and still is even though he's no longer here with us. Music was his life, which I don't know much about, but I can feel and relate to through every word in his songs. They are very very sad, soft like the moon, and very poetic. Each is a lullaby, each is different in its melody, and yet the same in its sorrow and yearning for love. Ru Tinh, A Love Lullaby is one of Trinh Cong Son's jewels that I and most Vietnamese, young and old, appreciate and love. Here's to you Trinh Cong Son, our beloved song writer and poet. Your songs and music will live forever in our hearts and minds.