歌词翻译 (English)
Don't beat me, Confucius
The greatest sage and teacher
Is only Confucius;
Preaching, teaching and dispelling doubts -
What do you wanna say?
The May 4 Movement, the red guards
The Great Cultural Revolution
To attack on the Four Olds and to establish the Four News
Can trust neither you nor myself
Can trust neither you nor me
To make our ideology leap forward
We strike on the ideological counterrevolutionary
I, enslaved by ideology
Can't wait any longer to tell you
Can trust neither you nor myself
The ideology of despotism
Didn't die with the absolute monarchy
Can trust neither you nor myself
In the realm of ideology still exists emperor and slaves
In the diversified society
Everyone has the right to talk
To gain the truth, we must be fully open-minded
Don't beat me Confucius, I need the freedom of speech
There's no longer correctness of thoughts
Don't beat me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius
You need to get a reason or I would be reactionary
Don't beat me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius
You gotta have a reason or I would be reactionary
Don't beat me Confucius, don't beat me
Don't scold me Confucius, don't scold me
Ideology should be neither left nor right
Pure thought, pure thought
Let's prove the truth with practice
Modern thoughts and ancient
These are in the way of self-cultivation
Of family regulation
Of country's governance
Of preserving peace and order
All or none, black and white, Confucius
This is unreasonable, Confucius
Freedom of speech, freedom of speech
Freedom of speech, freedom of speech
Don't beat me Confucius, Don't beat me Confucius
Don't beat me Confucius, Don't beat me Confucius
Don't scold me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius
Don't scold me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius
I need innocence of thought, I need freedom of speech
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
Freedom, freedom, freedom...
Monologue:
Confucius, our ancient friend,
Born in 571 BC, dead at 73,
A great practical educator,
A vanguard of thought during the conservative era;
Opposed to slavery,
And to absolute monarchy,
However, by the rulers of past dynasties,
To augment the despotism, he was praised as the greatest sage,
While his statement was garbled,
For the enslavement of people's thoughts.
Trust neither you nor myself
The realm of ideology needs no emperor
Trust neither you nor myself
But that the more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
I trust you and trust myself
One day we'll all regain
The diversity of idea as in the Spring and Autumn Period
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
Will be returned to the common people