示兒 陸游

示兒     陸游 (1125 - 1210)

死去原知萬事空，但悲不見九州同。
王師北定中原日，家祭無忘告乃翁。

To My Sons            Lu You (1125 - 1210)

When one dies one knows everything is void,
I only lament that the motherland’s reunion is yet to be rejoiced,
When the Imperial northern campaigns have the invaders occupying the central destroyed,
Don’t forget in the family memorial ceremony to tell your old man to end his pent up chagrin in the soil.