Relatives and dear friends of Bát-Tràng, oh!

Now it's Phong's turn to go, to leave this world

But wishing to return to visit the homeland

But because of age, already full and waning

Hoping that dear friends and relatives

Forgive Phong, don't misunderstand the words

Blaming the departure, mother told to be diligent

So there is no [?] wishing Phong farewell!

Now Phong, wife of Thành phung, oh!

Recalling how many years already lived

Age now reaching a hundred years

Enjoying gathering, dew full and waning

Why does Phong hurry, leave us so

With Phong absent here Thành thinks of heaven

Tears fall in two rows on the gathered cheeks

Wishing Phong a satisfied life in the fairy realm, oh!

Ornamental plants and flowers bloom, how joyful

Family loving, days and months exchanged

Precious are the words of greeting and asking

Glad when what was wished has been achieved

Work that flows smoothly

That is the main thing, only then is one at peace

When idle, when free, a gentle voice

Asking after at once, without any bias

Good words, kind thoughts, speak them out

Sorrow and joy, tell all, surely satisfied

Sisters of one mother, the same topic

Brothers of one father, avoid criticism, love always

Whoever has a sorrowful matter

Then advise, then urge, help each other

Elders each with wishes as desired

Then hope Heaven blesses, the longer the gladder

Help each other, front and back

That is a Buddha-heart, hoping every minute

Examining within our Phùng family

Seven husbands of the aunts, their fates differ

— One husband died [?] on a boat

— One husband speaks, forgets right after

— One husband has kidney trouble

— One husband troubled by trembling hands

— One husband drinks [?] the whole area

When old, will see many scattered illnesses

There remain two, husbands keep to the target

Always healthy, many precious things

Whether sick or well, this affection

Still joyful, harmonious, no bitterness

Living peacefully, cooperating in practice

Helping each other day and night, surely find joy!

Ten o'clock has clearly struck

Leisurely prepare, find a place to lie down

Mind and heart have nothing forbidden

Medicine taken enough, only aiming to sleep

Drinking and eating also all enough

Nothing more needed, hoping heaven for a moment

Sleep peacefully, without dreams

No pain, no weakness is now the wish

To sleep with joy, content in heart

Then it is too blissful in this life

Tomorrow, lasting strength, oh joy

Again happy to enjoy the blissful Phùng Lê life

this month, next month Sơn returns

not yet knowing who comes near the road's start

To care for mother through the night

Also helping father, so as to be at peace

Thủy Tuyết returns soon nearby

But there's still Phong, continually dreamy-eyed

So one cannot be indifferent

Leaving home and house, Phong waits into the night

An is too busy at the doorstep

Four years of work, how can it be quiet

An always ready with wishes

Help father, help mother, always happy

So long as united in sweetness

father joyful, mother satisfied, lasting firmly

deep affection, flesh and blood, placed above

Future blessed by Heaven, father lives long!

Hearing someone mourn their mother, how pitiful!

Pitying the departed, then pitying the child

When the person was still living

The child too young, still fresh, knew nothing

When the person suddenly breathed away

The child now grown, the child so sad

heaven granted living life together

So much suffering, oh, too sorrowful!

Sorrow gains nothing at all

But why is the mind so gloomy, oh heaven!

Leading astray so many faithful in life

No love no pity, oh heart too poor

A poor heart will meet hardship

Will always suffer, climbing passes, struggling in valleys

So one must live an upright, strong life

Love each other while alive, at ease and blissful

Today Liên also calls on the phone,

Asking after parents, gentle and precious!

half an hour, talking to the fullest

Two places Thailand - America, so far not near

Now science is most modern

Yet it transmits as if right beside each other

glad that both are well from the start

Both happy, no sorrow or complaint

That is happiness in general

That is thanks to ancestral virtue, joy ends worry

When idle, now and then a chat

Showing warm affection, well-fed, blissful lineage

Work most needs to flow smoothly

Household keeping the way, only then at peace

Always need to be truly gentle

Help whoever, being able to help, one becomes a fairy!

Today, Đoàn, feeling well, oh

calls to say standing and sitting are peaceful

Already chatted together, overflowing

With An, with Anh, brimming with human affection

Anh An together truly cheerful

visit postponed, not lazy at all

it's just that the flood is too dreary

Cannot drive yet, sleeping over through the night

Waiting for the water to recede, dirt gone

An goes to visit Anh, cannot be careless

Mr. Sam and the boss at the road's start

Go visit Anh dancing through the night, waiting

An glad to realize the dream

Then return, then again, awaiting time to visit father

Buddha, Heaven have blessed the Phùng house

To be happy, to be well, so peaceful and glad!

The laptop of old years, given kindly to father

Father has no leisure, it's just that

father is old, age does not permit

Moreover, from before, knew nothing

weak eyes, trembling hands, don't know how

Using wrong, breaking the machine, so sad

So transfer to Thuý to use instead

why give it to father?

But Thuý ...

Much money, forgetting mother, forgetting father

Husband and wife merrily just enjoying

Until reaching the age to move up in life

Remembering people in myriad forms, oh then feeling sad!

Mother and father, have already passed away

Joyful in the Western Paradise, a source of solace

Now there is only togetherness

With children, with grandchildren, here and there, near home

But why, they too grow indifferent

Not close much, no longer feeling affection

Living without forced affection

As the cause so the effect, the pattern is seen!

Today Sơn again buys chicken

Meat delicious, piping hot, oh how glad

Sơn grinds a full bowl to the brim

eating so satisfying, rarely ever before

Also thanks to the fish sauce done carefully

A bit spicy, a bit sweet, cannot stop

When the belly is empty, adding more excitement

Only then rise up, must stop eating

Sơn spends at least frugally

about ten American dollars for the chicken dish

So both mother and father

Get to enjoy the taste, surely Sơn is happy

Family gathered in fragrant scent

also because of eating, people bond closely

A day eating well, oh joy!

A day, steady mind, standing and sitting feel peaceful

No matter of complaint

No matter of sighing or blaming heaven

Everyone gets an estate/household

Eating and drinking fully, the sky bright blue

Distant matters, also clearly known

Anh Đoàn, anh Anh, blue sky no more

Though far, not living with children

But always proactive, well-rounded to eat

Thuý Phong always frugal

Sơn George always ready happy [?]

Harmonious, kept private, not boasting

Each one's husband, blurred, alike

But there is no quarreling

An Liên is the matter to discuss front and back

Managing the household, children are secure

Less worry less thinking, hot and cold live happily

Using oneself, moreover fragrant

Nowadays children's matters, early joy as husband and wife