Héroes de Abril

Hey, how's it going
I'm Nicaragua
The brave, tough woman
Who cries for her children today

I'm going to tell
How those same children
Without hesitation have defended
Their homeland with love

And have paid with their blood
Their courage and valor

It was the 19th
Before winter fell
Against a fierce government
The people rose up

They were students
They were the thinking homeland
They were the walking books
Who faced the tyrant

And in return, they received
Bullets, death, and repression

For the fallen heroes
The people got pissed off
With courage, they were reborn
And took to the streets

Compatriots, fists up
Free homeland or die
Desperately shouting
The executioner is already here

Police, soldiers
With orders to repress

It was at UPOLI
The first one to fall
A bullet in the throat
Ended his life

Then followed
More than sixty or so
And mourning and weeping
Took over my lands

Alvarito arrives soon
To tell this to God

Eternal glory to our heroes
Eternal glory to their valor
Today they are an example of struggle
Of worth and conviction

They will never be forgotten
Their legacy is love
The victory of the homeland
Is glimpsed amidst the horror

The darkness has not defeated
The giant Monimbo

Because we fight
Victory is already near
We don't have a homeland for sale
We want revolution

Let them go
The homeland shouts without a father
And whoever gives up, your mother
Is a banner in the nation

We will overcome, we will overcome
Let the dictator go

Eternal glory to our heroes
Eternal glory to their valor
Today they are an example of struggle
Courage and conviction

They will never be forgotten
Their legacy is love
The victory of the homeland
Is glimpsed amidst the horror

We will be free again
Fighters of valor