Hải Vân & Minh Thúy

Em Đi Thăm Miền Nam

1980 · Dihavina TnS 0001-80 · Hanoi, Vietnam

Artist
Hải Vân & Minh Thúy
Title
Em Đi Thăm Miền Nam
Release
Việt Nam Bầu Trời Này Mặt Đất Này
Year
1980
Label
Dihavina # TnS 0001-80
Format
LP · Album
Language
Vietnamese
Country
Hanoi, Vietnam
Songwriter
Hoàng Long
Genre
Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
Primary theme
Post-War

Lyrics

English: Look, the morning sun shines down in countless rays / We gather round our teacher at playtime / Pairs of bright eyes look up at the map of Việt Nam / We listen closely to her gentle words Here is the South, with its endless fields / With fragrant golden rice, white grain and clear water / The Cửu Long has built up our homeland with its silt / The rice of Tháp Mười grows green and lush on the alluvium Our South holds so many rich resources / Fruit trees green and fresh all over the land of Cần Thơ / The pure white salt fields of Bạc Liêu, salty as love of home / Bananas on both banks of the slowly drifting canal Mangroves of Cà Mau, coconut groves of Long Xuyên / The child of Châu Thành is a sacred torch / In the South of Việt Nam, young heroes / The golden name of Hồ Chí Minh City shines bright The South has risen up time and again without retreating / Our dear older brothers gave their youth / So that we children can study and sing / Living happily and peacefully under our roofs I only long for the day of reunification / When there will be no more bridge that divides us / We children dancing and laughing around Uncle Hồ / Young people of both regions living together in a day of freedom ____ Vietnamese: Kìa nắng sớm mai chiếu soi ngàn muôn tia sáng / Chúng em vây quanh cô giáo trong giờ chơi / Từng đôi mắt xinh nhìn lên bản đồ Việt Nam / Lắng tai em nghe lời nói sao dịu hiền Đây miền Nam ruộng đồng mênh mông / Với lúa thơm vàng gạo trắng nước trong / Cửu Long đắp…

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic · Vietnamese Children · Reunification · Mekong Delta · Ho Chi Minh

From the release Việt Nam Bầu Trời Này Mặt Đất Này

In collections

Amerasians, Orphans & Vietnamese Children · North Vietnamese Songs