korean → English transcript

Rise in combat power through combat drills.

To return proudly, bearing the honor of military merit, and be received into the Motherland’s embrace.

To return proudly, bearing the honor of military merit, and be received into the Motherland’s embrace.

Even if they could not set foot again on the beloved land of the Motherland,

the sons who wished to be covered by the warm soil of the homeland

who, yearning for home as well, laid their souls to rest in the arms

that unforgettable night.

Upholding the Motherland’s order, they swept across the bloody battlefields of foreign lands,

though those figures were not visible,

the proud report of victory offered to the Motherland

was being carried fervently on the national flag.

From far-off foreign lands, along the thousands-of-miles road toward the Motherland,

the Republic’s flag that the warriors brought draped over them

safeguarding its honor and bright splendor,

though their lives were short, for the Motherland and the revolution,

such lives that met even death head-on without fear

will remain forever, shining, in the memory of the Motherland and the people.