To Son

"To Son", by Lu You

Simplified:

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.

Traditional:

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.

English:

All turns to dust in my dying eyes,

only hatred is that a unified land is not seen.

When the day of the emperor's troops sweeping the North comes,

you must not forget to tell me before my tombstone.