Linked by rivers and mountains China and the five Mekong countries are cooperative partner and close friends. Their friendship has been passed on from generation to generation. Today we will enjoy a Lao song Lancang and Mekong, A River of Friendship
given by singer Kai Overdance. We believe the soothing melody will take us to exotic land and catch charm of Lao songs.
Lancang and Mekong, A River of Friendship
Composer/Lyricist: Vilayphone vongphachanh(Laos)
Singer: Kay overdance (Laos)
Chinese Translation: He Bin, Hua Chunmei, Zhao Xiaohong
English Translation: Liu Yan
This land of glory and beauty, with its rivers deep and mountains high, imposing as can be
Hand in hand, we build it to greater heights, and the land remains serene and safe
The Lancang River in China
Originates in Qinghai and Tibet, and passes through Xishuangbanna in Yunnan
On to Myanmar, Laos and Thailand
And is known as the Mekong River in Southeast Asia
It nurses the masses, and helps extend the blood line
It crosses Vietnam and Cambodia, moving south until it flows into the sea
This is a river of friendship, a river of charm
Lancang and Mekong, linking hands and hearts, forever and always