From the recording Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia
The fourth movement, describes the Khmer Rouge perception of the value of human life.
Lyrics
4. keeping you is no gain / losing you is no loss
Oh that time, that time in the past!
Soldiers and troops
threatened and menaced
both us and those around us,
nearly ruining our ears
with thundering voices
and deafening sounds,
barking like dogs:
"Keep secrets well,
if you want to survive!
The Khmer Rouge has
eyes everywhere, like a pineapple !
Keeping you is no gain,
losing is no loss!
To dig up the grass,
we must dig up the roots!"
The wheel of history moves
forward.
If anyone opposes and raises his fist
or foot, they will be chopped off.
Don't believe the enemy, don't hide
the enemy, don't listen to the enemy.
Keep secrets well, if you want to
survive!
The Khmer Rouge has eyes everywhere,
like a pineapple !
To dig up the grass, we must dig up the
roots!
Keeping you is no gain, losing you is no
loss!