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I SEE THE TRUONG SON RANGE IN YOUR EYES The Truong Son Range amplified with sacred mountains and hills Steep slopes up a thousand-odd years Heaven and Earth turn south Ten thousand miles of the vast realm Hanging streams Dream falls Abrupt sierras Thousand forests Night dreams of lying on stone pillows Hands touching heaven and eyes longing for open seas Offering the heart to build the vast nation Not being king and not being lord Descendants of the brave Lac and of legendary Hong Bang Standing in the North over mountains and rivers Building city ramparts Opening a thousand-year fatherland under the Hung dynasty Rescuing the country by Trung Trieu Ngo Dinh Le Ly Tran Le Nguyen While Ngo Quyen, Le Loi, Hung Dao, and Quang Trung destroyed Chinese troops of Shu Han, Song Tang Yuanming, or Manchuria Oh! majestic dynasties By generations and through periods Raised good cause to alter brutality Used philanthropy to overcome violence While with glorious prestige Fortified the north domain And pacified the south realm Connected into a long strip Lying on a vast shore of a thousand miles long The Truong Son Range became the country's backbone Facing the South Once known as the Hong Linh Range Now, the Truong Son Range is the soul The far sight to infinitude Toward North to billowing Red River waves Toward the Center for the beautiful Perfume River And to the South for the Mekong River with nine majestic dragon heads Oh! the Beautiful Land Where the Truong Son Range held the country through three wide-open directions For its people unifying their hearts to keep the nation in immense peace I see the Truong Son Range in your eyes Erecting a belt of mist around close cities and waving dawn wind to ripple green forest silk clothes<br