Hey children, hey grandchildren, of the Phùng family!

Phong Thanh today has a few words

Water flows, clouds drift, never resting

In the house the elderly ages are already too many,

Above are father and mother, two elder brothers

Then to the sons- and daughters-in-law with graying hair

Sons and daughters, grandchildren, a brood of young children

In a few more years, matters fill and empty!

Grateful to children, grateful to grandchildren who come to visit

Again the children mostly visit the dear kin

Chatting, trimming, gently

Then a haircut to make one look nicer

Minh Nguyên is also healthy, also fresh,

boys and girls also young, smiles so beautiful

Emily in grade 8 coming and going

Ethan in grade 4, advancing

Grandma Minh draws like embroidered pictures

Helping children, helping grandchildren like a shelter against the rain

Those 75 years of upheaval and separation!

Thanh Phùng went into flight, also for livelihood

Nhanh oh! living with the family

43-odd years, miscellaneous in America

Now the birthplace wants to go

Returning home to visit again, also out of longing oh!

The word Sorrow is a virtue beyond me

Illnesses of many kinds, hesitant and swollen

The heart wants to be good, wants to wander

Age is a hundred years, lacking and surplus of shelter

Mother and father have already passed, alas

Blood siblings, already gone to the fields

If I return, there would be only myself

Thinking sadly of being far from my country, my Hồng country!

This year in month six, how joyful!

Grandchildren and children gather, this day truly crowded!

Phong Lê, a hundred years, good news

Still together with all gathered in one house

Thanh Phùng, leaving a hundred years far behind

Still fighting, still helping the wife who is Phong Lê

Daughters and sons living, enough to return

Caring, tending, what is there to blame

Workers, helpers in detail

Regarded as kin, kept carefully all year

Sick and ill, luckily tended and cared for

Grateful to Heaven for saving, incense makes one remember for life

To live long and enjoy joy, oh

Blessings and peace complete, built by Heaven enough here

Above, the grace of Buddha fills the heart

This grace remembered forever, enough here, remembered always!

Hearing that George is recovering strength

so quickly it makes Thanh joyful oh so joyful

Going around, coming back, pausing

Lying by the window, achieved as once wished

Remind him he must sing out loud

So the heart blossoms, no more dizziness for the person

So then he is healthy, he is fresh

Two essential things make a person live longer

Sơn George living peacefully

Sons and daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren gain more blessings

Praying Heaven to help fulfill filial piety

For Sơn, for George, many precious things indeed!

Why not raise a "woof woof" (a dog)

To warn them, they bow their heads and run away

They would take advantage at once

Drive them off, but when they argue

Now one must think of protecting oneself

Find kind-hearted places, gradually it will be well

Remember father, remember mother, only now

Ask the brother to temporarily help, don't be bitter about anything

If there is any shortage of money

Borrow from relatives then repay later

Be patient, don't quarrel

Just be happy, keep trying, Buddha will bless you

America is a civilized country

So many doctorates, assisting the wise to help the people

Under the era of masters, far and near

Also countless who devote themselves to help life

They help with intellect, sparking initiative

They usually receive so many words of praise

Devoting the mind, beneath the lamp's light

So many millions of common poor folk

They do labor, wanting to climb

How can they climb, it comes from poverty

Rising up they [?], honest

The south diligent, becomes a stable region

remember Heaven, remember Earth, remember the deities

Our bodies here were given form

Having intelligence greater than

Also is [?] on the planet

Lying still, pondering more to understand

To live is already a joy, and then to have peace

Why should we always remember forever

[?] we speak truly and sincerely

Remember those who defend the country, worthy of honor

O you who sacrificed for the country

Kind heart and good intent, setting aside private feelings

For what there is a place to dwell together

Determined not to let the enemy come and disturb here

Striving to help build up the country

Not fearing death, this must be determination

Guard the rivers, guard the mountains, live rightly

Guard every inch of land with a bodhi heart

The enemy uses guns, bullets, bayonets

Then we resolve to resist, fearing nothing

If unluckily one must die

There is the day of the fallen, joyful because remembered forever!