Lucha Y Sacrificio

Twenty-four, what a great day
Of that glorious September
At dawn the martyr
Feels liberating voice

The cry comes overwhelming
For freedom for the homeland
Venancio with the woodcutter,
The future rises

The saint shed his blood
For the heavenly homeland
He bled in the cucumber fields
For the earthly homeland

In cucumber, the earthly
And the celestial merge,
Sanctifying the struggle
Of God, homeland, and freedom

Lares means struggle,
The cucumber martyrdom
God and homeland require us
Faith, valor, and sacrifice

From Diego, Blanca, and Albizu
For the blood of the cucumber
For the freedom of the tree
Forged with sacrifice

If your struggle is born in Lares
And consecrated in cucumber
For the freedom of the tree
Forged with sacrifice

If your struggle is born in Lares
And consecrated in cucumber
Your blood will be of a martyr
And your valor ignited

From here will come the proclamation
The nation will emerge,
Shining in the new dawn
Glorious in its freedom