Bích Liên & Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra
Đường Tôi Đi Dài Theo Đất Nước
1969 · Dihavina 6903 · Hanoi, North Vietnam
- Artist
- Bích Liên & Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra
- Title
- Đường Tôi Đi Dài Theo Đất Nước
- Release
- Tiếng Hát Việt Nam
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Dihavina # 6903
- Format
- 10" · Album
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Hanoi, North Vietnam
- Songwriter
- Vũ Trọng Hối
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Lyrics
English: A liaison courier's life: my steps stretch the length of the country / My road runs over sheer mountains, with clouds drifting in walls beneath my feet / My life is like a weaver's shuttle, weaving love for a reunified homeland / My life is like a bird on the wing, flying the whole length of the Trường Sơn range Oh green mountains and blue waters / You always guide my feet onward / I know there are many dangers / But when the homeland is bleeding Though torrents rush, though storms rage on the mountains and in the forests / Though the road is slippery and the sky tilts, what does it matter / The Trường Sơn road is used to my stride / With steady steps I scorn the dangers Though the sun scorches my shoulders, though the cold numbs my hands and feet / A heavy basket on my back, through the forest at night and deep ravines / Day after day crossing the clouds over high passes / I am still happy with the Trường Sơn I love so much Oh green mountains and blue waters / You always guide my feet onward / I know there are many hardships / All around, bombs and bullets fall and block the way The country is still at my side, as I take the path of deer tracks / I know the Trường Sơn road like the back of my hand / Every stream bank, rope bridge and treetop / I keep walking on, walking toward the future The country is still at my side, streams murmuring in the moonlight / The road appears near and far through the layers of cloud / The beautiful scenery spurs on my soul / Heroic…
About the artist
Bích Liên: Vietnamese singer, born Nguyễn Bích Liên on 14 July 1944 in Thường Tín, Hà Đông; a singer of revolutionary songs active mainly during the war, made Meritorious Artist in 1984. [Source: Wikipedia (Vietnamese)]
Themes
Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic · Ho Chi Minh Trail · Jungle · Reunification · Air War
From the release Tiếng Hát Việt Nam