Lu You: When One Dies One Finds That All Things Are Void As It Should Be; 陸游 死去原知萬事空,但悲不見九州同。 Poem by Frank Yue

Lu You: When One Dies One Finds That All Things Are Void As It Should Be; 陸游 死去原知萬事空,但悲不見九州同。

To My Sons
-- by Lu You (1125-1210)
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

When one dies one finds that all things are Void as it should be;
But I still regret m'dear Motherland is not whole again!
The very day royal troops retake and set the north lands free --
Don't forget, m'sons, to tell me at my grave the good news then!

【示兒 】 南宋 • 陸游

死去原知万事空,
但悲不见九州同。
王师北定中原日,
家祭无忘告乃翁。

〈示兒〉

死去原知萬事空,
但悲不見九州同。
王師北定 中原日,
家祭毋忘告乃翁。

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Topic(s) of this poem: death,sons
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