Mother, your name is Taiwan

Since it is only 4-days after Mother's Day (May 10), it is still appropriate to post the following lyric to my readers. I got this lyric from a CD sold at 2-28 concert in Taipei.

母親是山 母親是海 母親是河 母親的名叫台灣
Mother is the mountain. Mother is the sea. Mother is the rivers. Mother, your name is Taiwan.

母親是良知 母親是正義 母親是你咱的春天
Mother is the consciousness. Mother is the justice. Mother is our spring.

二千萬粒的蕃薯子 甭敢叫出母親的名
20 millions of Taiwanese dare not to call out your name.

台灣甘是彼難聽 想到心寒起畏寒
Is your name so unpleasant to hear? It is frightening when I think about that.

母親是山 母親是海 母親是河 母親的名叫台灣
Mother is the mountain. Mother is the sea. Mother is the rivers. Mother, your name is Taiwan.

母親是良知 母親是正義 母親是你咱的春天
Mother is the consciousness. Mother is the justice. Mother is your spring.

二千萬粒的蕃薯子 未凍叫出母親的名
20 millions of Taiwanese have not call out your name.

親像啞巴壓死子 讓人心凝捶心肝
It is like a mute whose sons are in danger, yet he or she cannot call out for help. This makes us so guilty that we want to beat-up our chests with our own fists.

二千萬粒的蕃薯子 甭通店店不出聲
20 millions of Taiwanese can no longer be silent.

勇敢叫出母親的名 台灣呀 台灣呀 你是母親的名
Courageously call out Mother's name. Taiwan, Taiwan, you are our Mother's name.

二千萬粒的蕃薯子 不敢叫出母親的名
20 millions of Taiwanese dare not to call out your name.

台灣甘是彼難聽 想到心寒起畏寒
Is your name so unpleasant to hear? It is frightening when I think about that.

讓人心凝捶心肝 二千萬粒的蕃薯子
This makes us so guilty that we want to beat-up our chests with our own fists, 20 millions of Taiwanese.

不倘靜靜不出聲 勇敢叫出母親的名
Do not be silent again and courageously call out Mother's name.

台灣呀台灣呀 你是母親的名
Taiwan, Taiwan. You are the name of Mother.