– OF THE COLOUR OF THE EARTH –
Yes, here we are
waiting for the right moment.
With patience tangled in roots,
With hope in flight and without yielding.
Of the colour of the earth is our destiny,
Of the colour of the earth our being.
Without wasted words, declaring:
There are no ambitions for power!
Yes, here we are
Enduring unfulfilled promises.
With hidden face, but seeing
With contradictions on our skin.
Of the colour of the earth are my dreams.
Of the colour of the earth our pain.
If foolish history ignores us.
How can it miss the rebellion?
Yes, here we are
Reaffirming demands for justice.
Sheltered in the mud of the jungle,
with ancestral energy.
Of the colour of the earth our children.
Of the colour of the earth our thirst.
From the corn that still sprouts from these soils
our fathers are reborn to light.