El País Basc

The Basque Country

All the shades of green
under a leaden sky
that the sun wants to break.
All the shades of green
in that month of May.
The wind carried the strength
of a people who have suffered so much.
The wind carried the strength
of a people they have hidden from us.
All the shades of green
under a tightly closed sky.

And water is always life
between mountains and valleys.
And water is always life
under the grayness of the sky.
All the shades of green
in that month of May.

It's so old and rooted,
as ancient as time
the pain of those people.
It's so old and rooted
like all the shades of green
in that month of May.
All the shades of green,
Go Euskadi, they say loudly
the people, the land, and the sea
there in the Basque Country.