Somos Livres
Ermelinda Duarte
We Are Free
Yesterday only
We were the suffocated voice
Of a people saying I don't want;
We were the king's fools
Chewing despair.
Yesterday only
We were the people crying
In the gutter of those who, by force,
Outraged and sold
This land, now ours.
A seagull flew, flew,
Wings of wind,
Heart of sea.
Like her, we are free,
We are free to fly.
A poppy grew, grew,
Red cry
In any field.
Like her, we are free,
We are free to grow.
A child said, said
"When I grow up
I won't fight".
Like her, we are free,
We are free to say.
We are a people who close ranks,
Set out to conquer
Bread and peace.
We are free, we are free,
We will not go back.
