Saturday 27 June 2020

Song of the Civil Revolution

Since I recently (as of drafting this post, i.e. 16/5/20) recorded "Two Tigers", a Chinese children's song sung to the tune of Frère Jacques, I thought it would be fun to give you a historical Chinese anthem sung to that tune. I couldn't find anything to link it to, so I just stuck it somewhere in my post plan. Today is the time to see it: it's 国民革命歌 | Guómín gémìng gē, and gives its title to the post. The video I gave has barely audible voices (or is it the one with the horrible voice?), but to get better we have to move here and give up on having the full lyrics. Anyway, the translation dates to 13/5/20 between 13:09 and 13:30. Left side, literal; right side, singable. Let's see it!


打倒列强,
打倒列强,
除军阀,
除军阀;
努力国民革命,
努力国民革命,
齐奋斗,
齐奋斗。

工农学兵,
工农学兵,
大联合!
大联合!
打倒帝国主义,
打倒帝国主义,
齐奋斗,
齐奋斗。

打倒列强,
打倒列强,
除军阀,
除军阀;
国民革命成功,
国民革命成功,
齐欢唱,
齐欢唱



Overthrow the foreign Powers,
Overthrow the foreign Powers,
Eliminate the warlords;
Eliminate the warlords;
Strive hard for the Civil Revolution,
Strive hard for the Civil Revolution,
Strive together!
Strive together!

Laborers, farmers, students, and soldiers,
Laborers, farmers, students, and soldiers:
A great union!
A great union!
Overthrow the imperialism,
Overthrow the imperialism,
Strive together!
Strive together!

Overthrow the foreign Powers,
Overthrow the foreign Powers,
Eliminate the warlords;
Eliminate the warlords;
The Civil Revolution is successful;
The Civil Revolution is successful;
Joyfully sing in unison.
Joyfully sing in unison.
Dǎdǎo lièqiáng,
Dǎdǎo lièqiáng,
Chú jūnfá,
Chú jūnfá,
Nǔlì guómín gémìng,
Nǔlì guómín gémìng,
Qí fèndòu,
Qí fèndòu.

Gōng nóng xué bīng,
Gōng nóng xué bīng,
Dà liánhé!
Dà liánhé!
Dǎdǎo dìguó zhǔyì,
Dǎdǎo dìguó zhǔyì,
Qí fèndòu,
Qí fèndòu.

Dǎdǎo lièqiáng,
Dǎdǎo lièqiáng,
Chú jūnfá,
Chú jūnfá,
Guómín gémìng chénggōng,
Guómín gémìng chénggōng,
Qí huān chàng,
Qí huān chàng.



Overthrow the
Foreign powers,
Kick out all
The warlords,
Keep on striving hard for the
Civil revolution,
Fight as one,
Fight as one.

Workers, farmers,
Students, soldiers:
What a great
Unity!
Fighting off imperialism,
Fighting off imperialism,
Fight as one,
Fight as one.

Overthrow the
Foreign powers,
Kick out all
The warlords,
The civil revolution
Has turned out successful,
Sing as one
Joyfully!

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