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shì ér
示 儿
Show the child

sòng lù yóu
(宋) 陆 游
(Song) Lu You

sǐ qù yuán zhī wàn shì kōng
死 去 元 知 万 事 空 ,
Death makes all things empty to me,

dàn bēi bù jiàn jiǔ zhōu tóng
但 悲 不 见 九 州 同 。
But I grieve not to see the nine provinces as one.

wáng shī běi dìng zhōng yuán rì
王 师 北 定 中 原 日 ,
When the royal army stabilizes the Central Plains in the north,

jiā jì wú wàng gào nǎi wēng
家 祭 无 忘 告 乃 翁 。
Remember to inform your grandfather during family sacrifices.