La Caña

My father was cultivating
The land every minute
And the land was giving him
Affection, warmth, and fruit

Sweet cane, wild cane
Sugar cane ignited
That I am like the cane
That sweetens life

Sweet cane, wild cane
Cane l elo lei lo la
That I am like the cane
That grows in immensity

Dark-skinned land sown
By injustice, pain
Lying down looking at the sun
Of the working people
The furrow kisses you wet

Sweet cane, wild cane
Cane l elo lei lo la
That I am like the cane
That grows in immensity

The cutter with his machete
Fells at the edge of the crucible
The magic that is wasted
In the land of fury

Sweet cane, wild cane
Cane l elo lei lo le
That I am like the cane
For I will never die

Sweet cane, wild cane
Cane l elo leilo la
That I am like the cane
That grows in immensity

Brother, if you are lost
Within the cane field
Throw a spike in the air
To serve as your flag

Sweet cane, wild cane
Cane l elo lei lo lero
That I am like the cane
That they burn me and I don't die

Sweet cane, wild cane
Cane l ele lei lo la
That I am like the cane
That grows in immensity