Sad indeed, missing the voices asking after one another

Even meeting face to face, only sorrow is seen

Medicine to take, rice and soup are still enough

But why not say even a few words

That bird, meeting others, still raises its voice

Father and child, why hold such a worried air?

Seeing this I am saddened, heart and gut

No longer wishing to live with a sorrowful heart!

Young and old, men and women, a full thirty-two

A spring outing at Long Hải, remembered forever

Boys and girls full of loving affection

Just went to enjoy the fairy-land scenery

Then tomorrow if we wish to go visit again

It's not sure we'd still be as lucky as this trip

Only then knowing while there's still a good chance

Not using it is truly wasteful, remember don't be wrong

Persimmons bought, three fruits given to father

Seeing father still hesitant, I take one to taste

If father wants, if he asks

I'll go, I'll rummage, I'll dig into my purse

I'll go out to the old market, first of all

I'll buy another fruit, I'll replace it for father

Father's age, though already very old

Why does father still begrudge, not sparing this girl

In the future, I will eat vegetarian

Won't visit father anymore, no more eating these persimmons.

That year when I was tiny and small

Just born, and mother had already flown away

Oh Heaven, why so cruel to sever it thus

Cruel to let mother leave the child so pitiful

Family circumstances caused waters against the current

Against the current of fate, must drift and struggle

At times the wind sweeps and blows along with the wind

Following the wind, so the tears drift

Open the bottle of fine wine, the child rejoices

Raise the glass to drink and wish prosperity and strength

From now life will be full of dear affection

Drink up and then set out on the long road

Wish for a safe return home

Peace, those two words, the whole family rejoices

Pray that life gains yet more joy

From now blessings, longevity, and peaceful flourishing

Wealth and fortune arrive throughout the villages everywhere

The past year, the year of the Snake in general

We men and women, surely must guard ourselves

Men wear shirts, standing bare

Women in their comings and goings, whoever eats stays cautious

The fiercest snake is the banded krait

The cobra too is feared, so guard and keep away

Every snake likes fish

Every snake likes soft-shell turtle with pink flesh

Brothers and sisters wanting to play boldly

Then play with the snake and get to cradle a little child.

Christmas, bright everywhere

Now twenty-one years of age

Father's kindness, mother's virtue, so much labored effort

For whom did we get a rosy life

When can it be repaid so as not to shame anyone

Hands clasped, praying to bless the person radiant

Heart's thoughts, praying for a hundred years of life

Wishing the person, whether standing or lying

Peace, those two words, sheltering through the months and years

The ring worn seventeen years now

Day and night, the seventh month, this ceremony straight through

Father's kindness, mother's virtue, unrepaid

Husband's love, wife's love, lasting to the clouds

Raising children, should know of debt and repayment

One boy two girls, so richly a fragrant life

Wish that the couple has together

[?] four people within, watching and hoping.