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Rh chú chhe koan kok

hàu hiên chheng chèng

hū hu bîn thien

sim hō chū sim

khoan siáu an sūn

Mongst virtuous wife and sons around; The main chance of people be found; And good judges in earn’st employ; The Monarch’s bosom-spring of joy.

Paraphrastic rendering by Mr. JAMES GRAY,, Rangoon College.

The monarch’s glad, his mind at rest, While peace and good will reign; And judges by their upright acts, Can this same peace maintain; Small is a husband’s surly care, If learned be his wife; And filial sons with loving hearts, Make glad a father’s life.