Oh What a Sweet Name!

son of General Kim

North Korea claimed that the three-stage rocket it launched this morning had put a satellite into space that was circling the Earth transmitting revolutionary songs......

SONG OF GENERAL KIM IL SUNG

Words by Ri Chan, Music by Kim Won Gyun

Bright traces of blood on the crags of Changbaek still gleam,
Still the Amnok caries along signs of blood,
Still do those hallowed traces shine resplendently,
Over Korea ever flourishing free.
Oh- what a sweet name, General Kim Il-sung!
Oh- what a glorious name, General Kim Il-sung!
Tell, blizzards that rage in the wild Manchurian plains,
Tell, you nights in forests deep where the silence reigns,
Who is the partisan whose deeds are unsurpassed?
Who is the patriot whose fame shall ever last?
Oh- what a sweet name, General Kim Il-sung!
Oh- what a glorious name, General Kim Il-sung!
He severed the chains of the masses, brought them liberty,
The sun of Korea today, democratic and free,
For the twenty points untied we stand fast,
Over our fair homeland spring has come at last.
Oh- what a sweet name, General Kim Il-sung!
Oh- what a glorious name, General Kim Il-sung!