Family, the meaning, is right

After the words joined together, what leisurely letters

The first letter, what does it mean?

The second, third, fourth letters, what are they, do you know?

The last two letters, which are bright!

If you can understand, speak and choose your words

Father, the first letter, my father

Second, third "together mother", that's right, of course

"I love you" added in

Becoming that word, high meaning, grand sense./.

Mouth, ear, nose, eyes and skin

The five desires arise because of us

Ear, mouth, nose, eyes, and the skin

Nose, ear, even so, are not evil

Skin, eyes, look down on, also make us

Evil mouth, that's it, who can bear it

Evil heart, evil intent, truly a devil

Words and conduct, how to make right

Real evil, in the end, cannot be forgiven./.

Behavior is the art of diplomacy

Words and speech, coming and going with etiquette

Hands and feet, gestures, avoid ...(with the huyen mark)

Gentle words, what else compares

Please don't be curt, speaking harshly

Also don't grind your teeth, speaking wrongly and crookedly

Arrogance brings resentment at once

Contempt, loss of face, madness right away

One should be polite, as appropriate

Respect others, they respect you, what's strange about it

Treat so as to be endearing, above all

If disrespectful, how can affection last

Those older, of higher standing

All the more should be careful, so both sides endure

If behavior is contrived

Then it shatters, leaving no bit of affection./.

Today dad meets you here

Truly rare, this matter worth recording

Plus two grandchildren, how many times

Dad wishes to ask, what matter, [?] sad

The matter [?] all can [?] sad

[?] does not develop as a source of comfort

Need to cure illness all this while

Hoping the body recovers, so days cut off sorrow

Quỳnh [?] so many worries

The matter cures the two wishes as hoped

Plus household affairs troubling the heart

Always the heart must think, wanting everything done

Heaven grant the couple completes

Heaven grant work, the right trade brings joy

The future, hope to end all sorrow

Pray all be peaceful and happy through the days

Wish to be free of hands and feet

Altruism the ultimate, Heaven now blesses

Crossing the river, meet the ferry boat,

Crossing the lake, Buddha saves, great fortune, a joyful life.

Look in the mirror, comb hair, look at the image

Ask who bore and raised me, born this way

Who advised, who told all this time

Who fed and schooled, this day successful

Now I already have a husband

Look and turn back, mother appears already old

My father still must brave the tide

Help family help nation, then my wish is content

That river, water flows without stopping

When will I achieve merit and stand as a person?

Sisters and siblings born of the same mother

Each with a fate, surely different from one another

Love each other, don't count poor or rich

To love is to be of one heart, before and after

The heart and conduct truly pure

Help each other as able, within what Heaven grants

Later, different seas and different boats

While parents live, take care to fulfill: as above

Thank you aunts and uncles today

Together with children and grandchildren, gathered this day

Wishing Phòng Thảnh long life together

This year a hundred years old, living together in one house

This longevity is the grace of the ancestors

This kindness, remembered forever, never dared forgotten

I vow to repay the kindness and gratitude

I advise children and grandchildren, high and low in harmony

Help yourself, then help the whole family

Then help the nation, only then is the heart at peace ./.

Here children, here grandchildren of Phùng Lê

This year Phòng Thảnh, on the edge of a hundred years

Considering, sometimes standing, sometimes lying

Strength though weak, resenting nothing

Before Heaven and Buddha let me go

A few words of advice, to live one must be diligent

Help family, help nation deeply

Live so as to truly live, remembered through the months and years ./.

Serving meals seems easy to pass

Only by serving does one see how it goes every way

Some are content, how they wish

Some [?], swallow to let it slide

Eat heartily, finish the whole pot

Picky, not yet tasted, complain it stinks

Sometimes complain it's not stewed

Some braised, people disgusted as if spoiled

Fragrant herbs, complain lacking basil and dill

Coriander complained wilted, smells of squid, smells of chicken

Roast meat, said all skin

[?] complain, tell others to skip, don't eat

Out comes only harsh talk

Never hear words of sincere advice

Only serving does one feel dread

Speak up, they say we disrespect each other

Next life please avoid serving

Do other work, before and after can speak

Speak up, foul mouth, shameful position

Hold back, complaints, standing sitting never at peace

It's all just for money

Because of poverty, one keeps serving on and on

Serving is more wretched than a buffalo

Work truly, eat falsely, because serving is so miserable.

The other day, she came to visit me

And gave ripe persimmons, ate them, how precious

Remember back and forth, which year

She quit, left work, remember such affection

Tina, she is beautiful, she is pretty

Beautiful body, beautiful manner, beautiful form, oh so beautiful

Helped me, when standing, when sitting

Helped eat, helped sleep, flowing along, never wrong

Hygiene, bathing, attentive

Medicine regular, exact to the minute

Words and conduct, full of heart

Always fresh and cheerful, sweet here and there

Comes to work, on schedule, right on time

Never late, [?] made up

I like this lady's temperament

Diligent and true, virtuous, she works

She works without pettiness

My wife trusts her work

Hoping the ancestors below the grave

Always bless her all her life

Each day more blessings, oh dear

Each day more fortune, profit set aside

In future, may not meet again

Because I am truly very old now

Wishing her happiness from now on

Praying she advances forever, the fish leaps to become a dragon