[?] home, debt to country, all paid

[?] go serenely, feel the heart lightened

I make myself happy, I have [?]

[?] in the world

Hoping [?]

What river separates the two regions

What mountain divides endlessly [?]

visit at once brother [?]

Bát Tràng fragrant [?]

Vietnam [?] forever

[?] going becomes the time

Pray [?] the nation has heaven [?]

Gentle and demure, that is Châu

loving father, loving mother, though far away

Comes the day to care for household matters

[?] that work, who could do better

Two children live grandly in [?] region

Well-behaved and studious, admired and loved by compatriots

Now understand the moral order

[?] kindness is to hope for love in life

To play in a way worthy of play

Playing to the fullest, ask the world how many can?

Only because of tireless devotion

Today toilsome, tomorrow [?]

In sky, on earth, in the water palace

[?] truly fierce and mighty

If added [?] forever

then it hurts

Five continents four seas, glad whoever has heart

then everyone loves, then everyone [?]

You children born of the same mother

Must be close and kind, only then are true siblings

Should not be dull or indifferent

Should not divide, lest others mock

Mother and father at the end of their years

Only wish children and grandchildren harmonious tenfold, hundredfold

in old age, everyone [?]

Forgiving, laughing off faults, remembered all the years

Be happy, be healthy, my children!

Love one another, love forever, is mother's advice

Though everyone has the right

Right to criticize, right to blame is a bond, my children!

Please don't stir up trouble, adding worry

The future will see that matters pass too

Whoever is kind-hearted smiles

Whoever is ill-hearted, don't let others laugh!

Heaven grants long days and months

Each moment self-set, never off schedule

Here utterly safe and sound

No one cheats, no one lurks to steal

The old cherish their bygone youth

Come here to exercise when idle

Wine and tea still [?]

Train for vigor, praised a hundred thousand times

Bright with dazzling lamps

On the wall mirrors reflect the whole self many times

See oneself, see one's shadow [?]

Spacious room adorned with vases and flower pots

[?] (struck line)

But having friends helps much

such play and training is truly precious

Whatever the rain or sun, day or night

Members still come to train hands and body

Many young ladies truly lively

Still practice dance to keep their figure

The clear pool has no moss or weed

Whoever wishes [?] then climb down into the pool

There are old men, young men, and ladies

There are old women, kids, naked—no

That room warm [?]

Whoever wants to come, don't sit idle

[?] room built as common area

Soaking pool, massage, [?] lying beside

High walls, closed gates, firm foundation

Bathe, then descend properly, should memorize

Water evenly mixed with medicine, warm and clear

Eliminating germs, proper hygiene

That room to bathe and scrub oneself

clothes all off, nothing frightful

Is anyone awkward at all

Women and men bathe in different rooms

Each person, each look, each color

Some women very stout like reeds in the forest

Some ladies fair-white and aloof

wasp-waist, crane-back is the midsection

Upper body full peaks [?]

Both large and firm, well balanced and even

This old man tall like a bamboo pole

That old man short and stubby [?]

Flower garden, grass field pitch-black

[?] whoever soaks in water [?]

O blue heaven, o blue heaven

why [?] create [?] flowers

Look very carefully at the gift

Then measure others against oneself

If the eyes are not sharp

Please wear clear glasses to see clearer

Grass and trees [?] worn

The picture [?] still all green [?]

Looking in, see it move [?]

No one speaks ill, no one speaks crooked

Better than praising heaven

Mind, spirit, body all robust

Though storms, snow, wind and mist

Inviting each other to train is a way to help each other

Helping each other is not to seek wealth

Inviting each other to train is to seek self-improvement

The body both healthy and beautiful

Mind clear, figure goes together

Now the exercise is done

Home to rest, my heart is joyful

Forget the past, the story of migration

Devote all heart to the task of settling

Healthy, joyful and progressing

Do not waste a spare hour

Parents in old age, please care for them

Little ones, advise and guide their training

Harmony and accord at home is essential

A few plain words, this heartfelt letter

Heaven arranged it, we meet here

So glad, after so long, missing so much

To see the whole family thriving

Truly a blessing, under the western sky

Grace of heaven, blessing of Buddha, much salvation

How dare forget the grace and virtue today

Do good, live kindly; is best

Eating the fruit, always remember who planted the tree

Settling in America, happy or sad

Joy and anger within, always asking oneself

Modern and free, of the highest rank

Yet it is not the root and source

An old tree still useful in life

White hair, mottled skin, tears flowing

So must advise the younger generation

How to build up Vietnam's roots

So many years the home

Now father, the whole family, returns to heaven

This scene is so tragic, father

Mother and children grieved, choked, crying out

We children with tears overflowing

Whom to confide in, to ask now

Hoping father achieves his dream

Reach the fairyland as long hoped

We children promise with all our heart

Diligently care for Mother, in these times

Siblings united, becoming poetic

As father devoted, mother has long awaited

In-law, o dear in-law

The father-in-law of the fairy household

The nation loses a good man

The Nguyễn family loses a talented elder

From now until the future

Children and grandchildren lack the wise elder

The people still remember the renown

The gentleman's virtue leaves descendants to benefit

Is it a sudden chance to meet you?

Then two paths part, never to see each other again

You have already thought in your mind

Come help father and mother, through the night without complaint

Arranging the work, shifting things

Spending money buying and selling, planning every way

Food and drink well provided

Medicine plentiful, joyful in every way

Advice sweet and gentle, beyond reproach

When needed, comfort, so as to feel joy

Fragrant flower, though its beauty and scent

You have given, I am spent, nothing left

Now you return to your own home

The house feels empty, no longer joyful

Is it that the day suddenly runs out

Is it that the hour suddenly, I am spent, has come

Human life splits two ways, my child!

You go, you stay, it's over, no more waiting!