DIED FOR THE FREEDOM
In the land of silence,
Rest the combatants,
Who fell on the frontline.
Rest the combatants,
Who fell on the frontline.
We died for the freedom,
Our bodies torn by torture,
Our souls stabbed by bullets.
Our souls stabbed by bullets.
Scarred by violence,
Women were violated,
Children who lost their parents.
Timor-Leste in our soul,
Many were massacred,
Others enslaved by war.
Many were massacred,
Others enslaved by war.
This land is sacred,
This people are sacred,
Timor-Leste, never be sold.
This people are sacred,
Timor-Leste, never be sold.
A rooster crow in up mountain,
Will still crow loudly, with courage,
For INDEPENDENCE, we no retreat.
Will still crow loudly, with courage,
For INDEPENDENCE, we no retreat.
Cristovão PEREIRA (likuliku)
Dili, UNTIM 23 June 1991
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