English transation:

While rereading pages of Viet history one rainy evening,

the sounds of drums in Mê Linh,

from thousands of years ago,

calling for a United People,

reverberate in my mind.

Viet history contains many pages of glory.

Heroes paid their debts to the country.

Braving the wilderness, the Trieu Lady fought to protect the mountains and rivers.

Riding white elephants, the Trưng Sisters chased away the aggressors.

At Đống Đa, “lightning-fire-and-earthquake” force frightened the enemies.

In Bạch Đằng, blood reddened the river to pay for the crimes of the invaders.

Each meter of land was defended by our self-sacrificing ancestors.

May The Patrotic Vietnamese Spirit help protect our country forever! 

05.2014