文／南宋．陸游（1125-1210）

死去元知萬事空，

但悲不見九州同。

王師北定中原日，

家祭毋忘告乃翁。

──選自《放翁詩選》

To Show My Sons

Lu You (1125 - 1210, Southern Song Dynasty)

English translation: John Balcom

As I die, I know all things are empty,

Still, I am sad

that never saw the nation unified.

The day the emperor’s troops march

north to retake the country.

Don’t forget to tell your father

at the family memorial.

── from Fangweng Shixuan

（Selection of Poems by Fangweng）