“Parents’
merits like the sky and the sea always remain,
But
children’s repayment is about to boast and complain.”
That
is the abounding habit of behavior so bad:
How
such feeling is depressed! How such way is sad!
Who
gave birth to you, do you have the heart to forget?
Who
brought you up, how can you have neglected as yet?
Fathers’
flesh-and-blood love, one should not ignore.
Of
Mothers’ dedication, nobody should think no more.
Nurturance
does not naturally care about nescience,
But
one ought not to slight any emotional experience:
Since
being born, the baby has been quite cherished,
Day
and night parents trying to do what they wished.
If
children got sick mothers also got gaunt, tense
Through
the long night staying awake worried hence
In
agonizing anguish day after day crushed by grief:
Such
sentimental attachment would you omit as lief?
And
fathers always earnestly expect and try their best
To
see their kids progress, of education stand the test,
Pass
exams, obtain rolls of honor with names entered in:
Their parents’ hope to satisfy and their own end to win.
Your Dads spared no pains round the clock striving
To
make a living though burdensome but life-giving trying
Until they married you off and you left for all quarters
Despite
their endless suffering, dear sons and daughters!
Translation by THANH-THANH