Folk verses Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương poems are short and meaningful, helping us feel even prouder of our origins and national traditions. Let us explore the most meaningful verses!
Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương is an occasion for descendants to remember the merits of the Hung Kings who founded the country. Below are short, easy-to-remember folk songs and Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương poems praising the tradition "Uống nước nhớ nguồn" and the spirit of national unity. Through simple wording, Vietnamese people express reverence, pride in their origins and the mighty history of the nation.
Poem Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương No. 1
Whichever way you go
Remember the Giỗ Tổ on the tenth day of the third lunar month
Across the land, the verses are passed down
The mountains and rivers endure for thousands of years.
This is a familiar Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương poem in Vietnam's folk literature, a profound reminder of the virtue of gratitude to ancestors, especially the Hung Kings—the ones who contributed to the founding of the country on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month each year.
Folk Song No. 2
There is a tenth day in March
That is the Giỗ Tổ day that no one would ever forget.
Folk Song No. 3
Whoever comes to Phú Thọ, come with us
Celebrate the Giỗ Tổ on the tenth day of the third lunar month.
Folk Song No. 4
In March the temple festival is bustling
Remember the Giỗ Tổ Day this year, four thousand years old.
Folk Song No. 5
Though far on countless roads to many shores
Remember the Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương
Return to pay respect by offering incense at the roots of origin.
Folk Song No. 6
In March Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương
Returning to the source, offering the first agarwood incense of the season
High mountains, the sound of temple bells echoes
The sacred Hung spirit in the mountains and rivers is in the season of budding
The sacred resounds with the sound of gongs
The source nourishes the dragon descendants
The Lo River with its curse
The land and country, brocade-like, endure for a thousand years
The Lac Bird waits for the full moon
The springs still flow, mulberry trees still green
Here is the sweet Ghẹo melody
The Xoan tune, palm-leaf hats in spring's accompaniment
The flute blends with the ringing bells
Golden stones record the oaths of the world
Stirring in the rivers of our homeland
Descendants guard the thousand-year vow
Mountains, rivers, seas and all, North and South…
All share one bright full moon shining down
The sacred Hung spirit endures forever
The land remains intact… the lineage of ancestors.
Poem Lễ hội Đền Hùng - Author: Phạm Tân Dân
Núi Nghĩa Lĩnh, the sacred land of Vietnam
For thousands of years, radiant with clouds and dragons
The highest peak venerates the Father of the Nation
The Mother of the Southern people, with a bright blaze
A steadfast, iron-hearted pledge to the soul of the country
Building a solid independent nation and homeland
A lineage of illustrious works, famed for all time
The Jade Well, water calm through all four seasons
The Hung Temple Festival, a festival of strong people's energy
Dense bánh chưng piled high, bright toward the East
Hát Xoan, refreshing and enlightening people's minds
In the end, the people—the descendants of Lạc Hồng.
Poem Uống nước nhớ nguồn - Author: Mộng Vy
No matter which way you go
Remember the Giỗ Tổ on the tenth day of the third lunar month
Forever remembering our ancestors
The king who founded the state
In the South, destroy the band of treachery
Raising a homeland of a thousand years of strength
The people forever revere
Despite being far on countless shores
Remember the Giỗ Tổ Hung Vuong Day
Return to pay respect and offer incense at the roots of origin.
Poem Remembering the Hung Kings - Author: Đỗ Tấn Thích
No matter which way you go
Remember the Giỗ Tổ on the tenth day of the third lunar month
In the southern sky, one late afternoon
A verse written in haste to express gratitude
In ancient Vietnam, the Hung Vương
The national ancestors founded a powerful country for a thousand years
Remember the Hong Bang dynasty, distant
Văn Lang, Âu Lạc, renowned far and wide
Repelled the Northern invaders in times past
Inheriting the throne and teaching many regions of our land
Teaching people how to build houses
Raising livestock, ducks, chickens, birds
Teaching people to rely on the sources of water
Farming, rice fields, square and round cakes
Old legends and tales still live
Lang Liêu made square and round cakes to present to the king
An Tiêm – the founder of the cucumber industry
Leaving a name for future generations worthy of fathers and ancestors
For generations teaching people to cultivate
Warn children, advise the Lac Hong people of our land
The national founders, for a thousand years, resound far
The heart's incense evokes memory to know gratitude.
Please learn more about the Legend of Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương to remind us of the origins of our nation. And the folk verses and Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương poems are not only literary works but also a bridge between the past and the present, between ancestors and descendants. They remind every Vietnamese of their roots, awaken a patriotic spirit and the awareness to protect and build the country toward greater prosperity.
