Huế, Sài Gòn, Hà Nội
Trịnh Công SơnAlternative English version by Frank Duong | |
HUE, SAI GON, HA NOI | HUE, SAI GON, HA NOI |
Hue, Sai Gon, Ha Noi, oh fatherland why you're still remote Hue, Sai Gon, Ha Noi, for many years why you're still detached Oh Viet Nam, for how long will people sit and miss each other Our millions feet, your millions feet dear three zones, rise in revolt | Oh, Hue Saigon Hanoi, my country, why are you so far away still? Hue Saigon Hanoi, so many years have gone by, why are you still so indifferent? Oh Vietnam, for how much longer Must people still sit missing one another? Millions my feet, millions your feet, All those people who rise for the call of revolution |
It's the time to link our common heart All us youths, let's advance by pioneer steps From Central South North, burningly waiting torches blaze to cheer freedom The roads now lead to prisons tomorrow we'll build schools or hold markets Our people will plough and rake, have a well-fed life Hands help nation, hands build our land Old resentment and hatred traces will fade | It's time for linking our hearts together, All us youths, let's be the pioneers All over Central South and North, waiting eagerly, all those bundles of rice are symbols of freedom The roads now lead to the prisons tomorrow let us build schools and market places Our people shall return to cultivate and ensure all are well clothed and fed. All hands will work for the nation, All hands will build, let the memory of hatred and pain fade away |
We'll keep building houses, gardens will keep bearing fruits for you going to mountains singing joyful love Oh North South Central, uniting as a whole destroy border, widen roads to build a peaceful land | We will keep building our houses, our gardens will prosper, Let me go up the hill to sing with joy North, South and Centre, let us unite and be one region again All three frontiers open, roads built and peace returns to the country |
Hue, Sai Gon, Ha Noi, twenty years of miserable cries Hue, Sai Gon, Ha Noi, inside us are aching Vietnamese hearts Bombs bullets, oh greed, which weapons can destroy our people Oh Viet Nam, wake from dreams, goggle at hatred is all gone | Hue Saigon Hanoi, for 20 years, the cries of misfortune, Hue Saigon Hanoi, in our hands, the heart of Vietnam Bullets and bombs, human greed, what war machines destroy our kind Oh Vietnam, stop dreaming, look forward and get rid of hatred Let's wipe off all past sadness, |
Let wipe all sad traces away Tomorrow, roads from South to North will blossom Affectionate hands, no-frontier hearts Oh brothers, listen to mutual love The big happy day will pass hundred bridges Mother offers arena then betel limb for two zones meeting again, heart feels touching Southern day Northern night, eyes brimming with love will see hundreds honeyed sunrises | Tomorrow, all roads linking South and North covered with flowers Loving hands and hearts with no frontiers Brothers let's listen to all the love The big joy shall pass hundred of bridges The mother will enjoy the betel nuts Watching the two regions sharing the peace with hearts filled with warmth Day in the South, night in the North, Eyes taking in all the changes, seeing the sweet dawn breaking |
Horses fly with winds, hearts cheer myriad steps for our people growing up in freedom Oh North South Central, a warm affection step out this perdition once build our common roof | Horses flying past with the wind, hearts beating with the galloping noises Let us stand up in freedom North South and Centre in deep love; Stepping out together jointly building our shared thatched house. Do wipe off all signs of past sadness, |
Let wipe all sad traces away Tomorrow, roads from South to North will blossom Affectionate hands, no-frontier hearts Oh brothers, listen to mutual love The big happy day will pass hundred bridges Mother offers arena then betel limb for two zones meeting again, heart feels touching Southern day Northern night, eyes brimming with love will see hundreds honeyed sunrises | Tomorrow all South North roads will be covered with flowers Hands of love, hearts of no frontiers, brothers lets listen to the love, The big joy shall pass hundred of bridges Mother will enjoy the betel nuts Watching the two regions sharing the peace with hearts filled with warmth Day in the South, night in the North, Eyes taking in all the changes, seeing the sweet dawn breaking |
Horses fly with winds, hearts cheer myriad steps for our people growing up in freedom Oh North South Central, a warm affection step out this perdition once build our common roof. | Horses flying past with the wind, Hearts beating with the galloping noises Lets us upraise in freedom North South and Centre in deep love; Stepping out together jointly building our shared thatched house. |