At daybreak,
The morning sun,
So full of vitality,
That golden glow,
The color of youth.
The Red Boat,
The starting point of dreams;
The young,
In the prime of their years.
Looking back,
From the very beginning,
As the republic was founded,
A great proclamation rang out,
And ushered in a brand-new era.
People celebrated through the night,
China red filling their eyes,
From that moment on,
That shade of red,
Became the pride of every Chinese person!
At Tiananmen,
On the steps,
Points of light shone,
Smiles on the faces of the Chinese people,
So radiant.
This land,
How breathtakingly beautiful!
Forty years of development,
Laid the industrial foundations of New China;
Two Bombs, One Satellite,
And a foundation in textiles;
New China,
Was no longer a babe in swaddling clothes.
One day,
An old man,
On the southeastern coast,
Drew a circle;
Towering buildings rose one after another,
Modern metropolises sprang up,
From the ground.
At times,
We, too, pondered,
We, too, discovered;
But,
We understood,
We could not simply copy everything wholesale;
China,
Could only walk,
A path of its own!
Even if,
The road ahead was unknown;
Even if,
It was strewn with thorns;
We,
Would gladly endure it!
We,
Might sometimes lose our way;
But,
We always believed,
Youth,
Was meant for striving!
For this,
Generation after generation of Communists,
Put into practice,
That original aspiration!
The "Three Represents,"
The "Scientific Outlook on Development,"
Were born of their times;
Though many years had passed,
Our original aspiration remained unchanged;
Though much time had gone by,
We governed ourselves with strict discipline!
As we entered a new era,
We carried on as before,
Upholding the truth,
And continually expanding our horizons;
While strengthening our national defenses,
We also held fast to confidence in our own culture,
We persevered,
We strove.
All along,
Our hard work,
Had already borne fruit,
But we were unwilling to stop there.
We had every reason to believe,
That China in the future,
Would surely be even better!
One day,
Green mountains and clear waters;
One moment,
We,
Would go from following to leading,
From learning to breaking new ground.
In the future,
We would persevere,
While pioneering and innovating,
We would also keep sharing and learning,
To build a community with a shared future for mankind,
To achieve the Second Centenary Goal,
To realize the Chinese Dream of the new era,
And strive without cease!
Young people,
Youth is meant for striving!
Let us hold fast to our ideals,
Let us harbor dreams,
Let us keep our feet firmly on the ground,
Let us,
For our people,
For our country,
For the home we share,
So that our youth will not be wasted,
So that our best years will count,
Keep striving,
Young people of China!
The road lies beneath our feet,
With no regrets in our youth,
Let us,
Remain open-minded in our thinking,
Stand firm in what we do,
Keep learning as we strive,
And roam through the Chinese Dream,
Let us,
With the bearing of youth,
Repay China with our youth!
In the future,
We must have,
A stronger will to serve our country,
Greater openness and pioneering spirit,
More courage to embrace the world,
And a stronger legacy of our red heritage!
Let us,
Hold fast to the green hills and never let go,
Broaden our thinking,
Keep our feet firmly on the ground and seek truth from facts,
Keep pace with the times, seeking truth and pragmatism!
Young people,
We must understand,
To embrace the world,
And follow the great path,
Is to make the world a common good!
Young people,
We must never forget,
Our forebears,
Who blazed a trail through hardship!
We must,
Carry on our forebears' aspirations,
Stay true to our original purpose,
For only then can we see it through to the end.
Our Party,
Has come all this way,
Through snow and rain, wind and frost,
A hundred years was the prime of life,
and we,
more than ever,
must keep our youthful spirit!
For us,
the future
was not the end,
but the beginning.
We must hold fast to our ideals and convictions,
and never forget our original aspirations and mission.
Let us,
take history as our guide,
forge ahead into the future,
gather our things,
and set out once more!
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