# Luang Prabang

By [thepinkpanther](https://paragraph.com/@thepinkpanther) · 2022-04-06

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To your people the Mekong means business

The Nam Kang is their playground

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Your children have suffered much

From your beauty and your weakness

Their children will suffer for their beauty too

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But their smiles

_Ngaam lai, ngaam lai lai_

And their warmth

_Khawp jai, lai lai._

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Luang Prabang:

A jewel on a pinhead

Trying to balance

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