NHẬT KÝ THƠ : MỘT CHUYẾN XUÔI NAM VÀ NGƯỢC BẮC

Người xứ Huế sống nơi miền Bắc Mỹ
Ngón tay xanh trồng dị thảo kì hoa
Rừng Phương Tây nghe ríu rít chim ca
Chim hót điệu Ai Về không nhỉ ?

Chia tay Cẩm Phả đêm tròn trăng
Soi trên biển vắng Bái Tử Long
Chén Sa kê thầy trò cùng nhấp
Khúc chia xa nghèn nghẹn nơi này

And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and every byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets I've had a few
But then again too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes there were times I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out, I faced it all
And I stood tall and did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now as tears subside
I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that
And may I say not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way

For what is a man what has he got
If not himself then he has not
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way

Yes it was my way