Epitaph
The Juche Idea, Shine All Over The World!
The wishes of all people
Built a soaring tower here.
The torchlight of Juche burns
Lighting up the new time of humanity.
Though the sun and the moon shone in the sky
There was no light on the land.
How long did the people groan in the dark
groping for the light of independence
For a true life?
With age-old desire in his mind
Braving snowstorms and bloody battles in Mt. Paektu
Clearing a new road of revolution,
The peerless hero found the truth of human liberation with blood
And showed it in an undying torchlight
Man is the most precious in the world.
Man is the most powerful in the world.
Man is the master of the world, the master of his destiny.
The great sun of Juche Comrade Kim Il Sung
Taught it to humanity!
“Man is the master of everything and
decides everything – this is the basis of the Juche idea.”
Oh, the solemn declaration for human emancipation
The great man-centered outlook on the world, The beam of eternal life
That made the masses of people
The dominators of the world, creators of the future.
Bright is the light that fills the hearts of the people
Shining as a lasting political integrity
Our people living in the light
Are united rock-firm behind the Party and the leader
With warm comradeship and revolutionary faith
Flying the banner of independence in the light
My country demonstrated the dignity of the nation
A paradise of people was built in the spirit of Chollima
With the inexhaustible strength of self-sustenance
Two imperialist powers were defeated in one generation
With the incisive weapons of self-defence
As the sunlight in the sky belongs to the world
So is as the light of Juche an eternal wealth of humanity.
From the century to another the light brightens
The road of independence, friendship and peace
In the world free from domination and subjugation
Humanity will sing the song of the sun.
Eternal is the sun of Juche
The cause of the sun
Shines throughout generations as bright as the sun
In the ever-prospering world of independence
Humanity will bring earlier the bright future of communism
With the rays of Juche
On the 70th birthday of respected Comrade Kim Il Sung
This monument to the great idea was built
With centuries-old stones
On the bank of the Taedong river in Pyongyang
The capital of the homeland of Juche
Reflecting the glory of Korea
The happiness of mankind
The ever-lasting Juche idea
Shines for all ages!