1855 Cu`ng chung mo^.t tie^'ng to+ ddo^`ng,
Ngu+o+`i ngoa`i cu+o+`i nu. ngu+o+`i trong kho'c tha^`m.
Gio.t cha^u la~ cha~ kho^n ca^`m,
Cu'i dda^`u cha`ng nhu+~ng ga.t tha^`m gio.t su+o+ng.
Tie^?u thu+ la.i the't la^'y na`ng:
1860. "Cuo^.c vui ga?y khu'c ddoa.n tru+o+`ng a^'y chi ?
"Sao cha(?ng bie^'t y' tu+' gi` ?
"Cho cha`ng buo^`n ba~ to^.i thi` ta.i ngu+o+i\."
Sinh ca`ng tha?m thie^'t bo^`i ho^`i,
Vo^.i va`ng gu+o+.ng no'i gu+o+.ng cu+o+`i cho qua\.
1865. Gio.t ro^`ng canh dda~ ddie^?m ba,
Tie^?u thu+ nhi`n ma(.t du+o+`ng dda` can ta^m.
Lo`ng rie^ng kha^'p kho+?i mu+`ng tha^`m:
"Vui na`y dda~ bo~ ddau nga^`m xu+a nay\."
Sinh thi` gan he'o ruo^.t dda^`y,
1870. No^~i lo`ng ca`ng nghi~ ca`ng cay dda('ng lo`ng.
Ngu+o+`i va`o chung go^'i loan pho`ng,
Na`ng ra tu+.a bo'ng dde`n chong canh da`i\.
Ba^y gio+` mo+'i ro~ ta(m ho+i,
Ma'u ghen dda^u co' la. ddo+`i nha` ghen !
1875. Chu+o+'c dda^u re~ thu'y chia uye^n,
Ai ra ddu+o+`ng na^'y ai nhi`n ddu+o+.c ai\.
Ba^y gio+` mo^.t vu+.c mo^.t tro+`i,
He^'t ddie^`u khinh tro.ng he^'t lo+`i thi. phi\.
Nhe. nhu+ ba.c na(.ng nhu+ chi`,
1880. Go+~ cho ra no+. co`n gi` la` duye^n ?
Lo+~ la`ng chu't pha^.n thuye^`n quye^n,
Be^? sa^u so'ng ca? co' tuye^`n ddu+o+.c vay ?
Mo^.t mi`nh a^m i? dde^m cha^`y,
DDi~a da^`u vo+i nu+o+'c ma('t dda^`y na(m canh.