Nguoi Con Gai Vietnam Da Vang

By Trinh Cong Son

Nguoi con gai Viet Nam da vang,Yeu que huong nhu yeu dong lua chin,

Nguoi con gai Viet Nam da vang,Yeu que huong nuoc mat lung dong.

Nguoi con gai Viet Nam da vang,Yeu que huong nen yeu nguoi yeu kem.

Nguoi con gai ngoi mo thanh binh.Yeu que huong nhu da yeu minh.

Em chua biet que huong thanh binh.Em chua thay xua kia Viet Nam.

Em chua hat ca dao mot lan.Em chi co con tim cam hon.

Nguoi con gai mot hom qua lang.Di trong dem, dem vang am tieng sung.

Nguoi con gai chot om tim minh.Tren da thom vet mau loang dan.

Nguoi con gai Viet Nam da vang,Yeu que huong nhu yeu dong lua chin.

Nguoi con gai Viet Nam da vangYeu que huong nay da khong con.

Oi cai chet dau thuong vo tinh!Oi dat nuoc u me ngan nam!

Em da den que huong mot minh,Rieng toi van au lo di tim.

Nguoi con gai Viet Nam da vang

Girl With Yellow Skin

Translated by Richard Fuller

Girl, so young, with skin like gold,Home you love like fields of grain,Girl, so young, with skin like gold,On your face fall tears like rain. 

Girl, so young, with skin like gold,Home you love, so do love the weak.

Seated there in dreams of peace,Proud of home as of your womanhood. 

You've never known our land in peace.You've never known Olden Viet Nam.You've never sung our village songs.

All you have is an angry heart. 

Passing by the village gate,In the night with guns booming low,Girl so young, you clutch your heart.

On soft skin a bleeding wound grows. 

Girl, so young, with skin like gold,Home you love like fields of grain,Girl, so young, with skin like gold,You love home which is no more. 

O! Unfeeling and heartless death.Dark our land a thousand years.

Home, my sister, you've come alone.And I, alone, still search for you. 

Girl, so young, with skin like gold