Seething Anger

Seeing the brutal enemies arrogantly demonstrating their military forces,
the blood from my heart flowed tumultuously throughout my whole body.
O Vietnamese citizens, the country’s needing you.
Rise up, O Children of the Dragon King and Mountain Goddess.

Let’s chase the foreign provincial governor before we fight the enemies.
Remember the bitter tragedy of our Vietnamese king,
An Dương Vương, that history books still clearly recorded.
What are we waiting for? Why not rise up and fight back
when enemy forces are threatening before the gate.

The example of King Lê Lợi of the common people still shines brightly.
It only took ten years to wipe out the invading Ming enemies completely.
The Bạch Đằng River still buried ten of thousands of the Qing soldiers.
History still record Prince General Trần Hưng Đạo’s victorious glories and his great character.

Our northern enemies are like the scheming and cunning foxes.
The enemies’ blood still hot on King Quang Trung’s sword.
The Qing Commanding General, Sun Shiyi, swallowed shame, to hide himself in a copper pipe.
as he fled, with his battered armies, back to the North.

The Spirits of Our Ancestors, holding the oath to defend against the northern invaders,
gave blessings to future Vietnamese generations to wipe out the enemies.
To protect our Motherland to stay independent for thousands of years
when the enemies’ friends no longer live among us.