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

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。