“To silver may age never turn your hair!
And may I ever keep the looks of youth!”

—  Đặng Trần Côn

Source: Chinh phụ ngâm, Lines 363–364

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Thiếp xin chàng chớ bạc đầu, Thiếp thì giữ mãi lấy màu trẻ trung.

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