"However, amongst the children of China,
Who accepts to be trampled on as a pig or lamb?
We have the will to win;
Defend the Yellow River! Defend Northern China!
Defend all of China!"

"The wind howls, and horses neigh,
The Yellow River roars, the Yellow River roars!
Mountains tower over the west bank,
Sorghum ripens on the east and north bank.
In the mountains and bushes lie so many anti-Japanese heroes!
Behind green curtains the guerrillas show their gallantry!
Holding guns, homemade or foreign,
Wielding swords and spears,
Defend our homeland! Defend the Yellow River! Defend Northern China!
Defend all of China!"