On a field of red one gold star
赤色原野上,金星熠熠生辉
Raised above his head
在他的头顶高高升起
Raised above his head
在他的头顶高高升起
He was not like any other
他并非寻常之人
He was just like any other
他也如常人一般
And the song they bled
他们以心血谱写的歌
Was a hymn to him
是对他永恒的颂歌
Awake my little one
醒来吧,我的孩子
The seed of revolution
革命的种子
Sewn in the sleeve
悄然缝入衣袖
Of cloth humbly worn
藏于朴素衣衫
Where others are adorned
他人华服加身时
Above the northern plain
在北方平原之上
The great birds fly
雄鹰展翅翱翔
With great wings
巨翼乘风
Over the paddy fields
掠过稻田之上
And the people kneel
人们屈膝跪地
And the men they toil
男人们辛勤劳作
Yet not for their own
却不是为了自己
And the children are hungry
孩子们饥肠辘辘
And the wheel groans
车轮发出哀鸣
There before a grass hut
在那茅屋前
A young boy stood
一个少年伫立
His mother lay dead
他的母亲已逝
His sisters cried for bread
他的姐妹们为面包而哭泣
And within his young heart
在他年轻的心中
The seed of revolution sewn
革命的种子已然播下
In cloth humbly worn
身披谦卑旧裳
While others are adorned
当他人锦衣华服时
And he grew into a man
他逐渐长成男子汉
Not like any other
绝非寻常之辈
Just like any other
终究泯然众人
One small man
一个小人物
A beard the color of rice
须发皓白如稻米
A face the color of tea
面容深沉似茶色
Who shared the misery
他分担着世间疾苦
Of other men in chains
与那些身陷囹圄的同胞
With shackles on his feet
脚上也曾戴着镣铐
Escaped the guillotine
逃过断头台的命运
Who fought against
他挺身而战
Colonialism imperialism
殖民主义 帝国主义
Who remained awake
谁仍保持清醒
While others slept
当他人沉睡之时
Who penned like Jefferson
谁如杰弗逊般执笔
Let independence ring
让独立钟声回荡
And the cart of justice turns
正义之轮缓缓转动
Slow and bitterly
缓慢而苦涩
And the people were crying
人民在哭泣
Plant that seed that seed
播下那颗种子 那颗种子
And they crawled on their bellies
他们伏地而行 步履维艰
Beneath the giant beast
在巨兽的阴影下喘息
And filled the carts with bodies
车厢里 满载着冰冷的躯体
Where once had been their crops
那曾是他们耕耘的土地
And the great birds swarm
巨大的鸟群 盘旋而至
Spread their wings overhead
在头顶展开宽阔的羽翼
And his mother dead
而他的母亲 已然辞世
And the typhoons and the rain
台风与暴雨
The jungles in flames
丛林在燃烧
And the orange sun
还有那橙色的太阳
None could be more beautiful
没有任何景致能比它更美
Than Vietnam
比得上越南
Nothing was more beautiful
世间万物,无出其右
Than Vietnam
比得上越南
And his heart stopped beating
直到他的心跳停止
And the wheel kept turning
车轮不停转动
And the words he bled
他字字泣血的言语
Were a hymn to them
是献给人民的赞歌
I have served the whole people
我已将一生奉献给全体人民
I have served my whole country
我已将一生奉献给我的祖国
And as I leave this world
当我即将告别尘世
May you suffer union
愿你们承受这团结
And my great affection
带着我深切的眷恋
Limitless as sky
浩瀚如苍穹
Filled with golden stars
缀满金色星辰
The question is raised
疑问悄然浮现
Raised above his head
在他的头顶高高升起
Was he of his word
他是否言出必行
Was he a good man
他是否品行端正
For his image fills the southern heart
因他的形象深植南方人心
With none but bitterness
只余苦涩蔓延
And the people keep crying
而民众仍在悲泣
And the men keep dying
而男人们仍在逝去
And it's so beautiful
而它又是如此美丽
So beautiful
如此美丽
Give me one more turn
再给我一次机会
Give me one more turn
再给我一次机会
One more turn of the wheel
让轮盘再转一回
One more revolution
又一次轮回
One more turn of the wheel
又一次车轮的转动