Age weighs heavy now, eighty springs

Parents on both sides, the cold earthly world

The blankets and pillows of loved ones, their shadows gone far

The only son has passed to the netherworld

As for daughters, six of them, comparing beauty

Have loved, also hurt, then passed on

Why is this fate spread out so

Pray to heaven, beseech the earth, to help all

This glue, full of flavor, full of color

Eat it, delicious, all worries gone at once

Morning noon evening night, continuously

Just keep sipping, truly gentle and healthy

After eating, chat, the home is joyful

Whoever craves, softens, then sings a song

Dad day, a gift not wrong

Given by Châu and Dũng, take and eat the long day

After eating, worries will vanish

you will find fragrance, no more worry of debt

Joyful as meeting a stream's flowing water

Wish for happiness, heaven grants to enjoy evenly

Glad that the grandchild has graduated

The effort of study now has its reward

Take a break, then continue on

Just a few more years, reaching the time of peaceful reward

Wishing blessings to overflow

Always try hard, though difficult do not shirk

Even if one must shift over

Go to the goal, so returning is worthwhile

affection long distant, so many years

Miss the scenes, miss people, miss kin

Miss grandchildren, miss children, and dear friends

Kind daughters-in-law, devoted sons-in-law, living far away

Heaven granted ample strength, so must go

Come to chat warmly, with sad feeling

Then storms ahead, who can know

Some stay some go, some standing some lying

Wish madam more longevity, long life

Peace, blessing, prosperity, joy, adding fresh beauty

Grandchildren, children, in-laws, laughing joyfully

Making a living, perfectly complete ten out of ten

Already joyful while age is still growing

Be joyful at every age, even nearing old age

Wish the whole family, both sides

Toward happiness, that is truly precious

Be happy with the family's situation

Do not reach too high, hard to answer the call

Enough to wear, enough to eat, is happiness enough

Better than many who are worse off than us

Sacred and wise, mother Lộc, has striven

Accumulated virtue, Đinh Thâm, helped [?]

Diligent day and night, adding care

That is the happiness of the family

Without one to transport the goods

Without buyers and sellers, life falls apart at once

Missing and loving, we seem like immortals

Want anything get it, spend money to buy

Speaking out, often chatting and competing

Women men, old young, elders buy, benefit

With love, please do not be indifferent

Help trade and commerce, as an old friend living

Who out there guards the mountains and rivers

Who guards the fields to be safe

Through the years, rain and sun, biting cold

Enduring, suffering, hardship, sorrow

Four seasons, hardship and worry

Sacrifice for the country, at the front sheltering the people

Day and night, steadily diligent

Remember the soldiers, that merit, nation and people benefit

Live kind, live virtuous, mother advises

See the fruits before you, see it well passed on

Sister, be healthy, at peace now

Children, then scholarly, today shining to the sky

Fold hands, bow to mother, oh mother

If sacred, enjoy these words of thanks

Determined through hardship, not discouraged

Determined to heed mother, will be a better person

Others, why so beautiful as immortals

But I so ugly, mocked all around

Treat me like a joke

Making me more sad, heart more numb

Remember you rescue, I hope

Remember you comfort, in the Christmas season

I pray, I bow truly

Help my ugliness become pretty, remembered for life

Others have a mother, have a father

Have brothers, have sisters, truly happy

Here I am, orphaned, tormented

Lacking above, lacking below, lacking so full of longing

Day and night, only hope, only dream

Have a sponsor, I wait and watch

Give me a rose

Christmas, I wait, wait for you to help too

Christmas, sky bright everywhere

But I so dark, because of prison life

Repentant for what I've done

Grabbing branches, stealing fruit, so I accept, I am done

Hope you rescue me only

If not, strength weak, at risk of collapse

I beg, I bow, I kneel

Please pardon me, drop the pursuit, drop the hunt

Now, where are you, child?

Five days absent, so much awaited hoping

This summer, so muggy, so hot

Hope you arrange, get everything done

Even if you must move over

Austin is near, easy to come visit

Chatting, inquiring truly warmly

Deep affection remembered forever, months and years missed always

They say that stock, that fat stock

Rowing down, rowing up, loose, the rope snaps

Beware, don't use this stock

Use the head, that suffering, east west, beware

Bad money, cat head, swollen legs

Know yourself is wise, rest do not attack

This stock, hot red rosy fire

To eat you must spit out, give up life's effort

Others healthy, cheerful

Here I am sick, half human, half ghost

Oh sir! Pity me

Let me be cured, healthy, no more trouble

If I recover I am an immortal

Happier than getting goods, money, silver given

After Christmas, I remember that grace

Bow to you to rescue, great blessing remembered for life

Parting, tears thick and thin

Wonder if we'll meet again in this life or not

The east dawn sometimes glows red

Sometimes deep dark, seeing nothing

Old age, then must depart

Youth stays, also for a living

Live so, do not [?] into debt

Enough rice, enough porridge, enough blanket, warm clothes

Husband and wife, affection and duty, shared work

Rich or poor keep the way, surely also happy

Mother and father, filial piety fragrant

A harmonious family is the head pillar of the house

In life, sometimes living far

In any case, must be good, only then is one wise

Seventy-five, crane age, still spring

Beautiful bright, immortal poetry, for the earthly world

What scenes, what people, so many old tales

Dốc Mơ, that poetry, of Lan Xuân

Highlands, old Huế, so many memories

Lamenting, Cam-Ly, so many times

Miss the lake, miss the falls, elated always

Ngự Mountain, Hương River, shadows appearing gradually

How rarely we gather, how joyful

With Mrs. Bảo too, speaking well and fitting

Brother Quang, and grandchildren all in harmony

Plus house 39, looking on, talking and laughing

Everyone, each is cheerful

Wish for later, everyone still fortunate

A heart of forgiveness, grace repaid

A heart of compassion, name remembered forever

Be joyful, united, everyone!

Together friendly, to make life happier

Received news you plan to return home

Grass and flower, forever, tear away, pull anchor

Hope you steer firmly, hand at the oar

Wish madam cured, hardship all gone at once

The Lord loves, the Lord helps first

Then, children and grandchildren, help with money, medicine

In-laws, and even relatives

Pray for forever, glory throughout life

Remember each other's birthday

Greet, congratulate, engrave in heart and mind

A gift, timely and fitting

The bond of friendship, deep affection remembered for life

Women men, old young, everyone

Remember the advice, remember the recorded words

Should not make any excuse

If you forget the birthday, what affection is left

Wish Bảo-Trúc a good match

With Lê Bích-Thảo, so long awaited

Then, husband leads, wife follows

Then, happiness, all wishes fulfilled

Parents still cherish, still love

Vịnh Lê, still remembers, still indulges both

One day, exam, display talent

Help family, help country, not breaking the vow

Thank you for asking after us

And also congratulating, truly warm and bright

Though far, still remember the laughter

Pray for forever, perfectly good

Married then, still cheering, sweet soup

Tend the pebbles well, the branches bloom flowers

Vietnam, America is home

Faithful heart, not far, still near

Why don't you stay here

Leaving children and grandchildren, hearts full of longing

The future, who can know or measure

Meeting is not easy, to lean and remember

You leave, children and grandchildren are forlorn

Madam returns, the house now empty silent

Wish for all things peaceful

Pray for everyone, good, verdant, gentle harmony

July 5th, second holiday

affection, gathering, wealth, pooled together

Glad that we are not destitute

Hardship, all overcome together, in harmony

85, same age, mother and father

Grandchildren and children, full and many, truly glad

Prosperous, healthy, having it now

Place to eat, place to live, right now, have a home

No one hungry or ragged, in ruin

Grandchildren then 36, truly so many

Great-grandchildren, 7 of them, fresh and rosy

Both children, whoever looks envies

Mother and father, not shabby

Thanks to an educated household, having nights, how happy

Glad that the grandchild has passed with distinction

And also has a job, money coming soon

In any case, must stay diligent

With effort, with work, don't err at all

Rain or shine, no matter

Don't be proud, don't be discouraged, come and go be loved

Always joyful, confident, a fragrant life

Respect parents, always lean on cheerful voice

Live so, be beautiful, be fresh

A cozy family, everyone praises

Hope to shine bright like a lamp

Character pure, like a lotus in the pond

Before, sister treated me

Debt not yet repaid, standing or sitting not at ease

Knowing that brother and sister are truly kind

But treated always, naturally becomes a burden

Please brother don't ask me anymore

Hope that later, there's a time we meet again

I naturally [?]

Today I take leave, deep affection remains

Thank you sister for visiting

And also gifts, truly warm and bright

Apricot, tamarind, Huế lotus, wedding music

Saigon bright, perfectly prosperous

But when the weather is icy, snowy, frosty

Wear a pair, cinnamon sandals, feet sore warming up

With what to repay the grace, the merit

Give here two words: "Happy fortune" every day

In years past, once played Kitchen God

This year, act again, the second time

Relatives seeing this, laugh continuously

As for me, heart pleased, remember who gives gifts

Give a pair of socks to father

Plus a few shirts, truly pure white

Wearing them, looking truly lively

Look in mirror to clearly see myself as Kitchen God

Poor in money, so miserable, oh dear

Speak up, begging, and life scorns you cheaply

So be self-reliant within yourself

Don't grovel, lest it makes you lowly

Born with fortune red or black

The blacker it is, the more resolve and heart

Endure hardship, endure difficulty, the seed

One day it brightens, gold-warm, wanting nothing

Fifth month, the 6th by our calendar

Enjoying Dad's day, how joyful indeed

Minh Phung represents this house

A truly beautiful vase, handing over a gift

This gift is from the whole family

Wishing father more longevity, to enjoy happiness

Father happy, mother too smells sweet

Mother father more longevity, the whole family is happy

Dad's day, children and grandchildren give flowers

Longevity present, in abundance, truly precious

Green balloons, red balloons flying today

85 plus in longevity, few in this life

Father lives long, mother also adds years

The family warm and peaceful, everyone admires

Love fragrant with the scent of roses

Enjoying Dad's day, father planted and father waits

The upper row, no one left

The horizontal row, glimpses of a few relatives

Once a year at most, if lucky

Letters of greeting, what humanity remains

Here's a poem, subtly reminding of money spent

If no gifts, then silence of news

Let it be known, if skillfully kept

Kinship remains, faith in family remains

This fish is the pink mackerel

Much flesh, few bones, from sea and river both wholesome

Remove the skin, prepare carefully, no fishy smell

One boiled, one fried, saved for mother Sói

Day and night, the child still prays to heaven

Mother eats it all, mother with the pot

Then, mother will be happy like a fairy

If illness comes, it heals right that instant

Megan, the name mother chose

Si - Sicily of Italy, indeed the birthplace (Sicile)

Chinese-American, the paternal homeland shaped

Vietnam, the maternal homeland, war too long

Ask then, whom do I resemble

East and West combined, forming this body

Grown up, repay the debt, return the kindness

Help family, help country, inscribed in this heart