Toenails hurt from the fungus

the fingernails, if grabbed, would just die off

Before, one only knew to curse

having no medicine, sitting or standing, only lamenting

Now these several years

there is also medicine to dispel the sorrow

Just go look on the internet

medicine to cure, will heal at once

With medicine to cure the fungus, it clears right away

Four days I cure my own illness

The cramping-foot ailment, an illness too painful

Medicines of every kind already taken

Rubbing ointments too, used before and after

Yet the illness still lingers leisurely

Still buzzing, still lasting, lingering it remains

Thành then thought of the zither strings

Bringing it out to pluck clearly for half an hour

So the cramp then eases off

In the afternoon, another half-hour again for the foot

So the cramp vanishes

Gone forever, remember always Trít's kindness for all time!

Thành of old still had a companion

named Tơ-Rít, playing together all day

unluckily the place of dwelling changed

Had to leave Miss Trít, night and day missing so

Luckily Heaven helps with standing and sitting

An Khang urges Trít to reply the words

So Trít meets Thành again

The two, delighted, hands together

Eighteen full minutes, rather long

The two stay close, not a minute off

[?] stand watching to see

the joyful hour is over, together going to rest!

Alone at home, lacking a place to lie

my Trít had to come to a resting house to sit

Thành now has received the words

hoping Trít comes to play, easing the sadness

An Khang urges Trít to keep going

Coming to visit Thành to soothe and console

So Trít does not delay

Comes at once to meet Thành, joyful and content

But how good the heart, pure the nature

Now Thành and Trít, hand in hand

Don't leave, joyful and at ease the long day

Remember the kindness of who advised for life

Helping each other to fulfill the dream

Thank you, Khang, always in these hours remembering the gratitude.

End of the Year of the Rooster, how sad!

The cuckoo too loud, this ear grows deafer

The crowing not at all gentle

The mind already troubled, gets more vexed

Now how to know what to do

Just resign to silence, gnawing insides and all!

Only hoping soon to rise in life

Gazing at the moon, sighing so the sky speaks its sorrow!

Wednesday the twenty-eighth of March

Missing Miên so coming to inquire

So many matters to discuss,

walking together, to share the sorrow

This time Thành feels no worry

walking a full half-hour, skin flushed red

Thành diligent, enduring, not lazy

If Thành gets healthy, there are ten things to discuss

Family, society, sharing

Good things to imitate, bad things not to follow

But places of gambling and cat-and-mouse

stay away lest it breeds hatred

Day and night, not walking is foolish,

inviting each other to walk is to help each other!

Going out, viewing the changing scenery

hoping the mind clears, this heart be joyful

The car goes, straight ahead, no turning back

Here's the mall, Everett, so bright, many lights

Big mall, clean, praiseworthy

Goods displayed, many kinds under shining lights

Free to choose and pick a spot to sit

Small things, just look, just gaze

No need to beg and plead

If you want to buy, pay the money, just keep the goods

When the eyes feel tired

drive the car, straight all the way home

Thành has many strange ailments

Itchy head, itchy face, itchy chin, itchy shoulder

Itchy buttocks, itchy armpit, persistently

Plus headache and earache all day

The eyes then dim, lingering on

legs walk steady, sighing long, who likes it

Sometimes the cramp, itchy head

still cannot be cured, till noon just enduring

Then applying hot balm to rub

or sticking on Salonpas, then wait and see

leg pain accompanies too

the good shoes also brought

Sometimes it eases, watching, still waiting

Before going to sleep at nine o'clock

Thành then walks, remembering the program

fifteen minutes, the first half a scripture

legs still shaky, the body not aching

eating and drinking fully, sunny sky,

the legs tired from sitting too long

Now let it rest a little

to draft the desk work long overdue

Helping the legs eases the headache

Then out again, the work through the night gets done

Thành is passionate for poetry and prose

So many other tasks, whoever does, let them

Looking, the long day is over

So tidy up, and go to lie down with someone.

At first, getting up to go to the toilet

Then take Levo to drink, remembering deeply in the heart

Kiwi, one bowl eaten up

Tread mill is the round that must be walked

After walking the body is at once well

The program is thus carried out through life

Last night went to sleep peacefully

Sleep held on, not letting the legs go

So the cramp has all gone

Sparing Thành to sleep, ah, peacefully now

Thanks to the immortals, thanks to my ancestors

helping me sleep as long as I had awaited

Life's affairs are matters of repaying and borrowing

When the air we breathe from the day newly born

The sun's light, life bright and peaceful

Living there, nourished there, calmly viewing life

Gathered together, becoming a joyful life!

Who gives food and drink, my ancestors advise

Medicine, curing illness by family tradition

The hospital, who saves when sick

thinking one gets to live, oh joy!

Who would think separation nourishing life splits apart

So it fills the mortal world

So repaying the debt, becoming a ghost, gone now!

Oh father, my father Trít

ten days, father helped me sit and stand calmly

At night got to sleep peacefully

No lamenting, no sighing, feeling at ease

loosening / letting go

But saying, the poem ends as I hope

Three present nights, cramps around double eight

I don't get to sleep, deeply sad

Because of the cramping foot, the mind loses all peace

Greetings to Phương, manager

gladly let us know about the shop over there

the woman is clearly seen in image

How old this year, what practice do you follow?

When did the family arrive?

Is the whole household complete, coming and going together?

The little ones happy, dwelling well?

How many young boys and girls burning midnight oil with books?

Has anyone received a commendation?

How many have passed, effort forged over the months and years?

A few words of inquiry and concern

Wishing you good health, reputation still enduring.