To My Father by Mao Zedong ~ 毛泽东 《呈父亲》 with English Translations

作品原文

毛泽东 《呈父亲》

孩儿立志出乡关，学不成名誓不还。
埋骨何须桑梓地，人生无处不青山。

英文译文

To My Father

Determined is the child to go out of his hometown,
And the pledges not to come back without studying to the fame.
A land of mulberry and Chinese catalpa is not necessary for burying bone,
And human life sees nowhere without green mountain.