Farewell to tuo envoys from the Yuan court

(king) Tran Minh Tong

 

Post horses galloped through miasal wilde.

You brought your star to light this seaside realm.

A hero's will can face the world at large;1

a sovereign's heart should treat all men alike.2

Yueh hills and streams give poets peerless lines;3

Chou rain and dew pour from the emperor's writ.4

Tommorrow, we shall sunder South and North;5

today, do not turn down this cup of wine.