Los Orientales

The Easterners

Los Orientales

From all around they comeDe todas partes vienen
Blood and courageSangre y coraje
To save their landPara salvar su suelo
The EasternersLos Orientales

They come from the hillsVienen de las colinas
With spear and swordCon lanza y sable
Among the grasses they riseEntre las hierbas brotan
The EasternersLos Orientales

They emerge from the villagesSalen de los poblados
From the mountains they comeDel monte salen
On every corner they waitEn cada esquina esperan
The EasternersLos Orientales

Because they left their livesPorque dejaron sus vidas
Their friends and their belongingsSus amigos y sus bienes
Because freedom is more cherishedPorque eres es más querida
Than what they don't haveLa libertad que no tienen

Because the land is foreignPorque es ajena la tierra
And freedom is foreignY la libertad ajena
And because the people alwaysY porque siempre los pueblos
Know how to break the chainsSaben romper las cadenas

There were ten, there were twentyEran diez, eran 20
There were fiftyEran 50
There were a thousand, there were thousandsEran 1000, eran miles
Now they can't be countedYa no se cuentan

Rebels and braveRebeldes y valientes
They march awaySe van marchando
Leaving behind the thingsLas cosas que más quieren
They hold most dearAbandonando

Like a wind that sweepsComo un viento que arrasa
They come sweeping throughVan arrasando
Like a cleansing waterComo un agua que limpia
They come washing awayVienen limpiando

Because they left their livesPorque dejaron sus vidas
Their friends and their belongingsSus amigos y sus bienes
Because freedom is more cherishedPorque eres es más querida
Than what they don't haveLa libertad que no tienen

Because the land is foreignPorque es ajena la tierra
And freedom is foreignY la libertad ajena
And because the people alwaysY porque siempre los pueblos
Know how to break the chainsSaben romper las cadenas

From all around they comeDe todas partes vienen
Blood and courageSangre y coraje
To save their landPara salvar su suelo
The EasternersLos Orientales

They come from the hillsVienen de las colinas
With spear and swordCon lanza y sable
Among the grasses they riseEntre las hierbas brotan
The EasternersLos Orientales

They emerge from the villagesSalen de los poblados
From the mountains they comeDel monte salen
On every corner they waitEn cada esquina esperan
The EasternersLos orientales