http://www.asienkunde.de/content/zeitschri...df/Vuving79.pdfBinh Ngo Dai Cao
Though deeds charitable and just
undertake to bring the people peace, 1
the army, their protector and avenger,
first must feel the tyrant cruel. 2
Now think upon this Dai Viet land of ours;
Truly is it a cultured nation. 3
As mountain and river make for various lands,
so our Southern ways must differ from the North. 4
It was the Trieu, the Dinh, the Ly and Tran,
who in succession built this country. 5
Even as the Han, the Tang, the Sung and Yuan,
each was sovereign in its own domain. 6
Sometimes strong, sometimes weak,
yet never lacking heroes, 7
we beat the ambitious Liu Kung
and crushed Chao Chie with his dream of grandeur. 8
There was So Tu captured at Ham Tu Pass
and Black Horse, the Mongol
come to grief at Bach Dang Bay. 9
by Nguyen Trai