Friday, January 07, 2011

"Kampoub Ter Ong - Don't move your head, lest you spill the Viets' tea": Historical poem in Khmer by Ven. Botum Boromei Pich (Part 1 of 2)



Vietnamese troops parading in Phnom Penh near the end of their occupation of Cambodia in the early 90s
Viet troops inside Cambodian territories preventing Cambodian MPs from visiting a border post (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

The multi-millenium years friendship rammed on Cambodia’s throat by Big Brother Vietnam and gladly welcomed by Hoon Xhen

Lest you forget the annexation of Cambodia by Vietnam during the 19th Century, we are providing here an excerpt from a book published by Prof. Khin Sok which includes a two-part historical poem dating from that period describing the events which took place during that first Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia. Of particular interest in this poem is the description of the use of live Khmer heads as hearth to boil water for the Viet occupiers, thus the saying: "[Don't move your head, lest you] spill the Viets' tea". The poem also describes the hardship of Khmer laborers forced to dig the Prek Yuon Canal (Vinh Te Canal) by the cruel Viet occupation forces. It was also under this Vietnamese occupation that Cambodians were forced to adopt and even wear Vietnamese customs and clothes.

The book by Prof. Khin Sok also includes historic details from that period, as well as a translation into French of the two-part poems by Ven. Pich. For those readers who are interested in reading this book, we urged you to purchase the book which is on sale in Cambodia for about US$3, or order it through various online bookstores in France.

Thank you,

KI-Media team

38 comments:

Anonymous said...

7 January it has positive, but some people they focus on negative, why people oppose each other on the wrong things, they must accept the truth.
Yes we must positively challenging some unfairness and corruption but not 99+ 1 percent opposing each other, its sound silly for intellectual people.

Anonymous said...

since hun sen & youn secret killing cambodians without bleeding ,the day of 7/1/1979 no longer effective. i use to celebrate 7/1/1979 Now no more that's youn trick.in 21st centuary youn & hun sen can't lie nobody.they force ppls to follow them .

Anonymous said...

We are vietnam we will be a great vietnam soon ,we already to control laos and cambodia ,we are strong now ,we tie every thing ,we already put our people and our agents every where in cambodia even in government and in CPP,every thing in our hand ,in 1979 we work hard we send our suicide commando to phnom penh to catch samdat sihanouk we want him stay with us and support us before we push pol pot to the forest ,but the china worker at phnom penh catch our commando and destroy them but now samdat sihanouk come to support us by himself so we still lucky every thing in our hand we have samdat sihanouk in our left hand and hun sen in our right hand ,china just a tiger stand up from sickness ,china use to lost a battle at our north vietnam ,we will be a great vietnam ,long life a great vietnam......

Anonymous said...

To 10:36AM

What is the truth? You can't look at Cambodian history in a selective time frame like that! There is a cause and affect that lead to the January 7, 1979!

It may sound silly as it maybe but Pol Pot at one point used to work for Uncle Ho Chi Minh! Uncle Ho Chi Minh is the father of Indochina Communist Party that made up of Vietnam, Loas, and Cambodia!

Anonymous said...

Khmer Rouge = Khmer Vietminh!

Anonymous said...

Khmer Vietminh is the Khmer communist slave of the Vietcong such as AH Hun Sen!

The Vietcong and the Khmer Vietminh killed the Khmer Rouge and the Khmer Rouge killed the Vietcong and the Khmer Vietminh! This is what you called dog eat dog!

The Vietcong, the Khmer Vietminh, and the Khmer Rouge are maggots born out of Uncle Ho Chi Minh Indochina Communist flesh! I don't see anything different among these maggots because Cambodia will be destroyed in one way or another by these maggots! By nature the maggots job is to decompose everything in nature!

Tell me what can AH HUN SEN do beside praising the January 7, 1979 because he himself is a fucken maggot!

Anonymous said...

puok ah chhkae ning mi chhkae os nis si dek si dek sabay chet nas loeng thoat doch chrouk leu kum no tuk robos pulroat krey kro ro hem ro ham.

bastard doggy guys are very happy to eat and sleep become pot belly as pig over the suffering of khmer poorest people.

Anonymous said...

10:36 AM
silly or not, the truth is the truth Youn invaded Cambodia in 1979 every one in the whole world know about it. Now you every where in srok Khmer. Youn took our land along the border.

And what is positive about that?? the only positive I can see is
( +youn ) and ( -Khmer )

CPP is 99 percent for youn, 1 for percent Khmer.
Is that what you are trying to tell us.

Chheam Khmer

Anonymous said...

All Khmers,

Sihanouk and he is alone to be blamed for the VIETNAMISATION OF CAMBODIA.

Norodom Sihanouk is a TRAITOR of Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

7/1/79 is the day communist vietnamese government twist pol pot to hun sen . pol pot want to defence cambodia from vietnam so vietnam don't like pol pot that's why vietnam conspire to kill all khmer ppls blame on pol pot then overthrow pol pot.obviously north vn Si ha nopuk hun sen are cambodians murders.

Anonymous said...

Damned bastard YUONs.

Anonymous said...

I accepted the opinions of 11:07AM
through 12:41PM.
Thank you for remembering all event
and discovered all documentations before
you wrote your blogs.
I loved what you learn so fast.
"United we stand".

Anonymous said...

The enemies of our Lord Buddha that I knew and I have seen ,were Communist Sihanouk,PolPot,Ienng Sary,Nuon Chea,VietCong ,Mao Zetong...
Please Justice,the international judges must listen all khmer victims who knew the truth.

Anonymous said...

Can Mr. Hun Xen get Kos Trol, Sea and lands back to Cambodia? If he can than he is prime minister of Cambodia but If he can't than he is very clearly prime minister of Vietnamese.

Hun Manet, Are you viet or khmer? if you are khmer get Kos Trol , sea and lands back from vietnam. Otherwise you are Viet again.

Anonymous said...

POl Pot regime is very bad their aim to kill all cambodians and put chinese people back at Cambodia. If there is no 7 January we all died already.

Khmer is kill cambodian is pol pot regime.

Anonymous said...

3:17 PM
You should learn to control yourself, before sending that kind of comment.
Not all Khmer are killer and Cambodian is also not Pot Pot.

Anonymous said...

Killing fields and K5 created and enforced by the same group=youn.

Anonymous said...

Pol Pot must responsible for killing field the world is well know but K5 is Mr.Hun Xen must responsible. Please don't mix up history sir!

Anonymous said...

Mr. Hun To must responsible for all girls that he raped and people that killed by him.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Hun Manet must responsible for Kos Trol, Sea and lands that his daddy give to Vietnam.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Hun Xen family and relative and friends must responsible for making cambodians people become more poor.

Anonymous said...

I must be responsible to clean all the plates after dinner today. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Mr. Hun Xen and his family are very rich and richer than queen of England. They must be eat lopsters everyday for meal. They are very lucky.

Anonymous said...

No doubt everythings is ah CHHKAE SHORT KING faults. That short dogs we should hange him or cut his ass pieces by pieces that morons stupids mother fuckers he thinks he smarts but he doesn't, causes of his ass we lost everythings.

Anonymous said...

៧ មករា ១៩៧៩ ជាថ្ងៃបរាជ័យ របស់របបប៉ុលពត និងជាថ្ងៃ ដែលកូនខ្មែរ បានចេញពី របបកំមុយនីស្តផ្តាច់ការ ប៉ុលពត, ជាថ្ងៃកូនខ្មែរបង្ខំខ្លួន ចូលទៅរស់នៅ វេទនាបំផុត ក្រោមរបបកំមុយនីស្តផ្តាច់ការ យួនកាន់កាប់!!
ខែ តុលា ២៣, ១៩៩១ សន្ធិសញ្ញាក្រុងប៉ារីស ជាពន្លឺសេរីភាព សំរាប់កូនខ្មែរ,
ចំណែក ខែ ឧសភា ២៣-២៨, ១៩៩៣ បោះឆ្នោតទូទៅ នៅប្រទេសខ្មែរ ជាថ្ងៃ ដែលកូនខ្មែរ មានសេរីភាពពិតប្រាកដ
ប៉ុន្តែបច្ចុប្បន្ន កូនខ្មែរ បានបាត់បង់ សេរីភាពបញ្ចេញមតិ!

យួន វាយចូលប្រទេសខ្មែរ លើកដំបូង នៅដើមឆ្នាំ ១៩៧៨ ដោយកាន់កាប់រាល់ខេត្តខ្មែរ (ពីស្ទឹងត្រែង ដល់តាកែវ) និងដកទ័ពទៅវិញ (ប៉ុន្តែបានបង្កប់ ច្រើនភ្នាក់ងារសំងាត់ ក្នុងប្រទេសខ្មែរ, ភ្នាក់ងារសំងាត់ទាំងនោះ រស់ក្នុងព្រៃ ឈ្មោះថាខ្មែរ "ស" ភាគច្រើន អត់ចេះភាសាខ្មែរ, បើទ័ពប៉ុលពត ចាប់បានខ្មែរ "ស" ៗធ្វើកាយវិការ ជាមនុស្សគ),
យួនវាយចូលប្រទេសខ្មែរ លើកបន្ទាប់ នៅដើមឆ្នាំ ១៩៧៩, រួចកាន់កាប់ប្រទេសខ្មែរ រហូតដល់ ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨៩ ព្រោះឆ្នាំ ១៩៨៩ ជាឆ្នាំមានការផ្តើមចរចារ នៅក្រុងប៉ារីស រវាង ក្រុមត្រីភាគី (សីហនុ, ខៀវសំផន, សឺនសាន) និង យួនភាគី (ហ៊ុនសែន) ចាត់ចែងឡើងដោយ អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ និងបានចុះហត្ថលេខា រវាងគ្នា នៅខែ តុលា ២៣, ១៩៩១ សំរេចអោយមាន ការរៀបចំបោះឆ្នោតទូទៅ ខែ ឧសភា ២៣-២៨, ១៩៩៣ សំរាប់រើស តំណាងរាស្ត្រខ្មែរ និង នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីប្រទេសខ្មែរ។
ការបោះឆ្នោត ត្រូវបានធ្វើក្រោម ការចំណាយ/ចាត់ចែង/ឃ្លាំមើល របស់ទ័ពអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ។

យួនវាយចូលប្រទេសខ្មែរ ជាយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ របស់យួន៖
- ចង់បានប្រទេសខ្មែរ តាំងពីយូរ តាមគោលគំនិត របស់ តាហូរឈាមធ្មេញ
- អោយបានមុនពេលប្រទេសចិន តាំងទ័ពទ្រង់ទ្រាយធំ នៅប្រទេសខ្មែរ បន្ទាប់ពីចិនបានសាងសង់រួចរាល់ ព្រលានយន្តហោះ ខ្នាតអន្តរជាតិ នៅជាយក្រុងកំពង់ឆ្នាំង។

បញ្ជាក់៖
- ពេលនោះ យួន ទទួលជំនួយ ពីកំមុយនីស្តរុស្ស៊ី, ចំណែក ប៉ុលពត ទទួលជំនួយ ពីកំមុយនីស្តចិន។
- បើចិន មកតាំងទ័ពទ្រង់ទ្រាយធំ នៅប្រទេសខ្មែរ, ប្រទេសយួន នឹងត្រូវតែ ថិតនៅក្រោម ការគ្រប់គ្រងទាំងស្រុង របស់ប្រទេសចិន (សូមមើលឡើងវិញ ផែនទីប្រទេសយួន៖ ប្រទេសយួន មានព្រំដែនខាងកើត ជាប់ជាមួយប្រទេសខ្មែរ និង ប្រទេសលាវ, ខាងជើង ជាប់ជាមួយប្រទេសចិន)។
- ការវាយចូលប្រទេសខ្មែរ ជាលេសសំរាប់យួន សំលាប់រង្គាល ខ្មែរកម្ពុជាក្រោម។ ខ្មែរកម្ពុជាក្រោម ត្រូវតែរត់គេច ចេញពីប្រទេសយួន ទៅប្រទេសសៀម រស់ជាជនភៀសខ្លួន។
- រយះពេល យួនកាន់កាប់ប្រទេសខ្មែរ (១៩៧៩-១៩៨៩), កូនខ្មែរ ស្លាប់ច្រើនណាស់ផងដែរ ជាពិសេស
*ក៥ (ភាសាយួន K5) ជាការកេណ្ឌប្រុសៗខ្មែរ ទៅឆ្ការចំការមីន នៅសមរភូមិ ព្រំដែន ខ្មែរ-សៀម ជាសមរភូមិប្រយុទ្ធ រវាងទ័ពយួន និងទ័ពត្រីភាគី (សីហនុ, ខៀវសំផន, សឺនសាន) ធ្វើអោយកូនខ្មែរ ស្លាប់/របួស រាប់ម៉ឺននាក់
*មិនតិចកូនខ្មែរស្លូតត្រង់ នៅប្រទេសខ្មែរ បានត្រូវស្លាប់ដាក់គុក ដោយយួន និងពួកខ្មែរក្រោមបង្គាប់ ចោទថា ខ្មែរសេរីកា, ខ្មែរក្រហម
*ច្រើនទៀត... សូមរកមើលឯកសារចាស់ៗ និងឯកសារ លើអិនរើណែត
*ក្រោយការបោះឆ្នោត ខែឧសភា ២៣-២៨, ១៩៩៣, យួន បានប្រើប្រាស់ យុទ្ធសាស្តថ្មី សំរាប់កាន់កាប់ប្រទេសខ្មែរ ដោយពួកអ្នកដឹកនាំខ្មែរ ក្រោមបង្គាប់យួន, និងដោយវិធីបញ្ជូន រាប់លានពួកជនជាតិយួន ចូលតាំងលំនៅ គ្រប់ច្រកល្ហក នៅប្រទេសខ្មែរ និងបង្កើតសមាគមយួន នៅគ្រប់ខេត្តក្រុង ក្នុងប្រទេសខ្មែរ សំរាប់ការពារ យួនខុសច្បាប់ទាំងនោះ។
*រដ្ឋប្រហារផ្ទុះអាវុធ ខែកក្កដា ១៩៩៧ នៅកណ្តាលក្រុងភ្នំពេញ រៀបចំ ដោយហ៊ុនសែន បានសំលាប់ ឃោរឃៅគ្មានប្រណី បញ្ញាវន្តខ្មែរ ជាងមួយពាន់នាក់ ដែលភាគច្រើន ជាបញ្ញាវន្ត ត្រូវបានបណ្តុះបណ្តាល នៅប្រទេសក្រៅ

Anonymous said...

1979/01/07:
the end of WALK TO THE WEST of Nuon Khoeurn.

By chance, there were resistance fighters who
brought Cambodia to actual situation.

Anonymous said...

1979/01/07:
the end of WALK TO THE WEST of Nuon Khoeurn.

By chance, there were resistance fighters who
brought Cambodia to actual situation.

Anonymous said...

Can you see my point? As I mentioned on my previous messages a year ago, do not hate Khmer Rouge. Khmer Rouge era prevented Vietnamese (Youn) not to come in into Cambodia, their plans by Ah Ho is taking over Cambodia as Champa. I was a Khmer Rouge soldier and I knew their plans well, in fact we all knew as well. Not Khmer Rouges are bad; the people are bad everywhere you go.
Angkorian K/Man

Anonymous said...

ហេតុតែអ្នកឯងគោរពថ្ងៃ៧មករា​ព្រោះអ្នកឯងជា​អាយ៉ង​យួន?

តើបន្ទាប់ពីថ្ងៃ៧មករាពិតជានៅមានការសម្លាប់​រង្គាលប្រជាជាតិ​ខ្មែរដោយយួនមែនទេ?

តើរាល់សកម្មភាពរបស់អ្នកឯងធ្វើចាប់ពីថ្ងៃ៧មករា​គឺពិតជាមិនបម្រើដល់សង្គមខ្មែរមែនទេ?

នេះជាសំណួរដែលអ្នកឯងត្រូវឆ្លើយ​បើអ្នកឯងជាកូនប្រុស​ហើយបើអ្នកឯងជាមនុស្ស​គ្មានសារជាតិជាតិរិច្ឆាន។

Anonymous said...

Mr. Hun Xen has mental illness. His medical condition known as "bipolar disorder". If you observed him closely. His mood and behouvir.

Anonymous said...

hun sen cpp must arrest these fucken viet cong aggressors in khmer's land put them in prey sor as fucken Siem too.stop yelling as a frog ok? hun sen ,cambodians around the globe are watching on your family ok?

Anonymous said...

All of my cambodian fellows must not forgotten, the "Vietnamese TEA ONG!" Our people burn alive by Vietcong army, 9 rice storehouse full of khmers people tied up together like sugar canes...burned alive in Khet Teuk Khmao! (CA MAU)

Anonymous said...

Hey Heng Soy!
You make me cry man!!
I promised myself not cry infront of a group of children, but to day I broke it.

Anonymous said...

This Yuon is a former VC=Vietcong....! Hoon Sin huging the VC. low dog!

Anonymous said...

8:49! your fucking so called leader are evils and the philosophy of the fucking communist is evil!

Think of yourself as only Khmer who force into a situation! If you not a fucking evil Khmer Rouge!

Anonymous said...

Khmer will survive once we starting to love one another. We can have as many opinions and speculation of our pass, but if we don't change our behavior toward each other we will end up falling into the same trap that was set up for us. For us to point fingers at Youn for their deceit behavior, we should be able to take responsibility for our weakness by letting ourselve falling into their trap in the first place. This is a new day now, we are all lucky to survive and able to live another day and having an opportunity to bring our perspective of what we can do to help rebuilding our country from this day forward. Just like all of you in this forum, I love my country very dearly and I am very tire of dripping my tears knowing that my people is continuing to suffering. We all can make a difference, by volunteer our times or monetary support through various NGO.

Anonymous said...

សូមមើលអត្ថបទ សម រង្សីកំពុងតែជេរ និង ចោទប្រកាន់ សីហនុ ថា ៖
ជាមេពិឃាដ មេបង្កវិនាសកម្ម មេបំផ្លិចបំផ្លាញជាតិ
នៅប្រទេសខ្មែរ តែជាការជេរ និង ចោទប្រកាន់នេះជារបៀប ”ខោកផង អង្អែលផង”។
បើ សីហនុ មិនក្បត់ជាតិលាក់បំបាំងយួនយៀកកុង យួនខាងជើង យួនហាណូយក្នុងទឹកដីខ្មែរយ៉ាងសម្ងាត់ទេ…
ក៍គ្មាន ១៨ មីនា ១៩៧០ ដែរ…
បើគ្មាន ១៨ មីនា ១៩៧០ ទេ…
ក៍គ្មាន ១៧មេសា ១៩៧៥ ដែរ…
បើគ្មាន ១៧មេសា ១៩៧៥ ទេ…
ក៍គ្មាន ២ ធ្នូ ១៩៧៨ ដែរ…
បើគ្មាន ២ ធ្នូ ១៩៧៨ ទេ…
ក៍គ្មាន ៧មករា ១៩៧៩ ដែរ…
បើគ្មាន ៧មករា ១៩៧៩ ទេ…
ក៍គ្មាន ២៣ តុលា ១៩៩១ ដែរ…
បើគ្មាន ២៣ តុលា ១៩៩១ ទេ…
ក៍គ្មាន ២៣-២៨ ឧសភា ១៩៩៣ ដែរ…
បើគ្មាន ២៣-២៨ ឧសភា ១៩៩៣ ទេ…
ក៍គ្មាន អាយ៉ងក្បត់ជាតិ ពួកអាឆ្កែកញ្ជះយួន ហ៊ុន សែន,
ហេងសំ រិន, ជាស៊ីម, សុខ អាន, ហោ ណាំហុង,
ឱម យិនទៀង, ចៀម យីប, វ៉ា គិម ហុង, ស ខេង, ងួន ញ៉ឹល ។ល។ និង ។ល។ សព្វថ្ងៃនេះ ដែរ…!

Anonymous said...

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ថ្ងៃ៧មករា​គឺជាថ្ងៃដែលចោរយួនហារយចូលឈ្លានពាន

ចូលប្លន់, រំលោភ, កាប់សម្លាប់ នឹង​ធ្វើអាណានិគម

នៅស្រុកខ្មែរ។