WE COME FROM A LAND SO FAR AWAY
TO HEAL A LAND IN DISARRAY
IT WAS US, FROM CHUA DAU TEMPLE
THAT MAKES DEMONS TREMBLE

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FROM TRUCLAM MONASTERY, WE ARE PEACEFUL WARRIORS WITHIN
WHO MAKES THE WORLD NO FEAR, WITHOUT A SIN
BUT OUR HEARTS HAVE NEVER BEEN SO PURE
THROUGH ALL THE PAINS, THE SORROWS AND DISCRIMINATION, WE HAVE TO ENDURE

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IT HAS NEVER BEEN SO IMPORTANT FOR US
TO HELP LIVES THAT RUN AMUCK
WE FOLLOW WHAT WE BEIEVE IS RIGHT
AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN THIS LONESOME LIGHT

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BUT IN A WORLD FILLED WITH PAIN
FILLED WITH SUCH HATRED AND DISDAIN
WE LOOK TOWARDS YOU, OUR SAVIOR QUANG DUC
TO FIX US OF ANY UNECESSARY BEHAVIOR

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IT’S BECAUSE OF YOU, BODHISATTVA QUANG DUC
THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO BOW IN FRONT OF YOUR HEART
FIRED! FIRED! FIRED! BUT A HEART NEVER BURNT AWAY
AND NOW WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY
 YOUR LONESOME SACRIFICE CLEANSES EVERYONE’S SOUL
AND OUR MINDS ARE EMBRACED BY YOUR LIGHT

                                                     
                                                      ROBERT HUYNH HUU TRI