Blood is on the square [Chinese translation]

A song was heard in China

in the city of Beijing.

In the spring of 1989

you could hear the people sing.

And it was the song of freedom

that was ringing in the square,

the world could feel the passion of

the people gathered there.

Oh children, blood is on the square.

For many nights and many days,

waiting in the square.

"To build a better nation"

was the song that echoed there.

"For we are China's children,

we love our native land,

for brotherhood and freedom

we are joining hand in hand."

Oh children, blood is on the square.

Then came the People's army

with trucks and tanks and guns.

The government was frightened

of their daughters and their sons.

But in the square was courage and

a vision true and fair,

the Army of the People would not harm

the young ones there.

Oh children, blood is on the square.

On June the 3rd in China,

in the spring of '89,

an order came from high above

and passed on down the line.

The soldiers opened fire,

young people bled and died,

the blood of thousands on the square

that lies can never hide.

Oh children, blood is on the square.

For four more days of fury

the people faced the guns.

How many thousands slaughtered

when their grisly work was done?

they quickly burned the bodies

to hide their coward's shame,

but blood is thick upon their hands and

darkness on their names.

Oh children, blood is on the square.

There are tears that flow in China

for her children that are gone.

There is fear and there is hiding,

for the killing still goes on.

And the iron hand of terror can

buy silence for today,

but the blood that lies upon the square

cannot be washed away.

Oh children, blood is on the square.

• Artist:American Folk