死去元知萬事空
但悲不見九州同
王師北定中原日
家祭無忘告乃翁

To My Son                   Lu You (1125-1210)      江紹倫譯

I know death negates many a worldly deed
Still I grief to see our country not united
Whence our royal force resumed command of the central plain
Tell me in a special rite so my mind will be in peace again