Thinking of it, I just arrived at Cơ-Hoa

Remember brother George there, you are the young capital

So many years living together have passed

To be joyful, oh a time of great happiness

One son, one daughter, both alike

Both born, both beautiful, have both succeeded

Fresh vermilion, fragrant red like a rose

Now at crane's age, in harmony and loved

Help each other to the utmost, oh joy

Don't disparage, don't blame, don't sit to be at peace

Brother George's temperament is truly gentle

Hope you are joyful, must persevere living together

Sharing sorrows and joys, enduring together

So that father, so that mother also get to be happy.

Itchy head, itchy face, itchy bottom

Itching unbearable, itching writhing up

Vinegar, rub, roll and swab carelessly about

red itching, lucky to see a patch

But the head stops itching, stops itching

Applying more ointment, seems to see how

Not moving even a little

Careful examination, burned out, whatever oozes inside

Two hours toiling to think it through

Ointment applied, not yet itchy, not yet full

How long lacking sleep becomes thin

Talking briefly, this part keeps growing

Four times, it keeps growing without fail

Just done, eyes glance, the long day grows more

When the situation is calm

Then to sip to fill the stomach

All day with no time to rest

Only because not yet itchy, out of time still hurting

Old age, the more one thinks the more sad

When itching ends, pain ends, only then rejoice.

Bát-Tràng, the youngest, heaven grants

A great-granddaughter comes out of the kiln this noon

life gathered in this house

How few keep up, such a lucky matter, so joyful

Only now known, in virtue accumulating

Buddha grants the noble clan day by day planting

Great-grandchildren full because like a rose

Rose fragrant, rose beautiful, the country ever precious!

before, they were mother, were father

now promoted to grandparents already

Strive somehow, to live fully

For children, for grandchildren, here and there to rely on

First, advise not to worry

Learn well, drop the bad, mind it every hour

gentle nature, should keep steady

sun soaks, sun stinks, keep the maxim in heart

Whatever is lacking, supplement it fully

sincere feeling must follow the rosy path.

How glad, wife just gave birth!

Mother and child both healthy, all well, how precious!

But also so very busy now

There's milk to drink, there's diapers to change right away

Father is busy endlessly

at the office, plus the home front

Mother, though not yet old

but with an added daughter, has become busy

Only money must do

If money is squandered then it's a bad thing

the salary, luckily just enough here

morning and night, therefore, here and there let go

Is it that, the ancestral heart is truly pure

the family warm, the heart eased of worry!

Whoever bears a firstborn girl

is myriad blessed, in this world

Bear a child, care for it fully

Hope it grows fast, so many words of guidance

in the house, meals, the bed

Growing up, a daughter, months and years touched

and so, how happy the parents

having someone to help, easing worry coming and going

even while still of school age

In Vietnam, daughters help wholeheartedly

So the parents are at ease

peaceful, able to rest, not troubled

for the family circumstance warm and gentle

for the [?] Đỗ resounding, warm with gentle virtue!

Two thousand seventeen this year

Exactly the nineteenth is the day

And it is September, no mistake

The general hospital of Ninh Giang

Ninh Giang hospital how long awaited

how the dream ends

Bảo Anh comes out on time, life rejoices

Father Huy joyful within

Phùng Hiền the paternal grandmother waiting anxiously

Đỗ Minh the paternal grandfather glad

Ta mai the maternal grandmother [?]

Nguyễn Quân the maternal grandfather free of sorrow

The whole family joyful, all night the ancestors rejoice

Bảo Anh is the name given

What itch, itching everywhere

Itchy head, itchy face, then down to the bottom

Legs and arms, itching turns red pink

Belly and back also itch, already seen

Dab cotton cream everywhere

Itching eases a bit, medicine applied to rub

Clothes therefore always are

a smell hard to bear, change morning and evening

Two days only bathe, sparingly

After a few hours, the itching never stops

Today feeling it come, truly glad

Bathe to full satisfaction, stopping helps much

Hope that soon, sparingly

Thủy comes over to help bathe, that is what Thành hopes!

Today the first of October

is the international day for those grown old

that is, the day of old age

Phùng Lê, who here is already old?

Phong-Lê, a hundred years already reached

Grandmother Phong, George here is also old

Brother Doãn nearly eighty

Thủy Sơn seven bundles (seventy) also just old

Thinking over and over many times

A few words wishing rest to nurse old age

So that children and grandchildren help

So that sons and daughters come to visit

Offering warm words of celebration

planting gifts, cakes, abundantly given to people

So the person is happy, ever fresh

So the person lives longer, smiling with joy

Hope the person has everything in every way

Pray the person eats and sleeps content and satisfied!

So many troubles of flood and dirty trash

Traffic jammed, alley entrances too long

Hope for dry weather, matters settled

then construction, all night waiting

The future, wishes and dreams together

When the timing is good it is a fairy hour

Hope everyone is truly kind

Compassionate and charitable

October, the first today

The elderly, international, this day is dedicated to

Be joyful with instruments, flutes and singing

Let us together wish long life, resoundingly

Pray for the body, chest and back

all safe, all healthy as hoped

Wish to eat, lie and sleep without worry

There is no suffering in this matter

Whether eating meat or vegetarian

Walking properly still steady, no fuss, no complaint

Grandchildren and children morning and evening gather to discuss

To together care and inquire if needed

Have more friends and relatives

Visit often cheerfully, attentive to one another

Affection more than wealth

Kinship more than the full betel of the house

Loving one another sincerely, precious

Compassion and charity is what is praiseworthy

Last night, slept well and soundly

one watch already over

Four watches remain, that's all

Itching also eased, so long awaited

Only still feel itching, anxious

On the right side, meaning inside must itch

Take the watch carefully, chili applied in excess

Both to ease the itch, and to clean the skin

Remember here already prepared and waiting

Tasting too much salt, dreamily satisfied

One o'clock has clearly struck

Then go to bed, hoping to sleep peacefully.

Reading the grandchild's poem today

Only now know the grandchild's mother is happy today

Happy because of news

The grandchild's workplace, so kind, gives a gift

The gift is twenty-five dollars

Given to the grandchild's mother, for good luck

Eighty years old receives repayment of grace

High age, above the homeland

Phạm Phụng is worthy indeed

for Phạm Phiến longevity is truly high

Looking at the moon, remember the homeland!

Far and obstructed, every path a worry!

Ancestors sowed the seed, sowed the sprout

Descendants far from home, mouths holding back overflowing tears

Longing to visit the homeland!

No longer possible because of barriers

Thinking more, the mind, the heart overflows

Ask who understands the root of old age

Old age, ever more distant with each moment

Far from relatives, also from close friends!

Herewith I send caring wishes

Words of celebration and gratitude for a lifetime!

The hot summer has fully receded

Autumn comes cool, oh a time of great joy!

Autumn night, the Moon (Hằng) comes shining

The face of clouds bright, ceaselessly clearing

No longer afraid until [?]

Women and men come and go, chatting

No one has to calculate anymore

Day and night joyful like a boat gliding on the river

Whoever is a son or daughter of Lạc Hồng

Work then enjoy autumn, awaiting

Filial and loyal, fulfilling the dream

The Moon's light shines clear in the awaited hour!

What is filial piety, how hard!

Speak gently, don't nag mother and father!

Visit morning, evening, and dusk

Inquire about health, mother and father content

If ill, have medicine ready to take

If anything is lacking, remember to supplement

Affectionate inquiries, gentle

Better than money that inserts resentment

Living life filially to repay grace

The family all content, no complaints left

A hundred years old, the mouth feels bland

Wish there were ginger, to ease the shrunken jaw

[?] son, of the country Vietnam

Understand at once, sympathize, then act, seek to buy

Oh dear! one week, coconut top

Ginger delicious and fragrant, An buys and brings home

Holding it in the mouth, feels good, less dazed

feeling the heart at ease, no more wishes

Old age, satisfied within

Thanks to heaven, thanks to Buddha, the wish fulfilled and content!