Hijos Del Cañaveral Lyrics in English Residente

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Hijos Del Cañaveral by Residente from Spanish to English.
Desde que nacimos
Since we were born
Nuestra mancha de plátano salió del mismo racimo
Our plantain stain came from the same bunch
Somos hermanos del mismo horizonte
We're brothers of the same horizon
Todos nos criamos en la falda del monte
We all grew up on the mountainside
Crecimos, pero pa' que otro se aproveche
We grew up, but for someone else to take advantage
Somos un pueblo con dientes de leche
We're a people with baby teeth
Los hijos del trabajo sin merienda
The children of labor without a snack
La limonada para el capataz de la hacienda
The lemonade for the foreman of the hacienda
Todo lo que sobrevive
We are everything that survives
Somos la caña fermentada del Caribe
We're the fermented cane of the Caribbean
Pero aunque la historia nos azota
But even though history whips us
Somos como una botella de vidrio que flota
We're like a glass bottle that floats
La central Aguirre la pusimo' a producir
We made the Aguirre plant produce
Sin saber leer ni escribir
Without knowing how to read or write
Y la depresión la curamos sin jarabe
And we cure depression without syrup
Porque caminamos al compás de la clave
Because we walk to the beat of the clave
Nuestra raza por naturaleza es brava
Our race by nature is fierce
Salimos de la tapa de un volcán con lava
We came from a volcano's lid with lava
No hay identidad dicen algunos
"There's no identity," some say
Pero aquí todos llevamos en la espalda el número 21
But here we all carry the number 21 on our backs
Aprendimos a caminar hace rato
We learned to walk a while ago
Con un pie descalzo y el otro con zapato
With one foot bare and the other with a shoe
Con la medalla del cacique en la casa de empeño
With the chief's medal in the pawn shop
Somos los dueños de un país sin dueño
We're the owners of a country with no owner
Hijos del cañaveral
Children of the sugarcane field
Nunca se nos cae la pava
Our pride never falters
Esta raza siempre es brava
This race is always fierce
Aunque sople el temporal
Even if the storm blows
Pa' que sientas el calibre
So you feel the caliber
De un caballo sin jinete
Of a horse with no rider
Mira como corre libre
Look how it runs free
Se refleja en el machete
It's reflected in the machete
Somos el roció cuando se desayuna
We're the dew at breakfast time
Somos la marea cuando baila con la luna
We're the tide when it dances with the moon
Nos secamos el sudor con el viento sin toalla
We dry our sweat with the wind, no towel
Y nos perfumamos con la sal de la playa
And we perfume ourselves with salt from the beach
Cuando el sol cuelga las nubes en el tendedero
When the sun hangs the clouds on the clothesline
De agua de coco son los aguaceros
The downpours are made of coconut water
Soñamos desde la misma orilla
We dream from the same shore
Sin perder el camino porque aquí los cucubanos brillan
Without losing our way 'cause here the fireflies shine
Viene el huracán y le rezamos a la cruz
The hurricane comes and we pray to the cross
Y jugamos brisca cuando se va la luz
And we play brisca when the power goes out
El calor nos calienta la cerveza
The heat warms our beer
Y nos bañamos en el lago
And we bathe in the lake
Hasta que abran la represa
Until they open the dam
Aquí los viernes santo se come yautia
Here on Good Friday we eat yautia
Aquí los reyes magos vienen de Juana Diaz
Here the three kings come from Juana Diaz
Velamos parao' a los difuntos
We stand vigil for the deceased
Y en las patronales en la caja es muerto nos mareamos juntos
And at festivals we get dizzy together in the funhouse
Lo nuestro no hay nadie que nos los quite
There's nobody who can take what's ours from us
Porque por más nieve que tiren aquí la nieve se derrite
'Cause no matter how much snow they throw, here it melts
Aunque siembren las raíces como les dé la gana
Even if they plant the roots however they damn please
Los palos de guanábana no dan manzanas
Soursop trees don't grow apples
Hijos del cañaveral
Children of the sugarcane field
Nunca se nos cae la pava
Our pride never falters
Esta raza siempre es brava
This race is always fierce
Aunque sople el temporal
Even if the storm blows
Pa' que sientas el calibre
So you feel the caliber
De un caballo sin jinete
Of a horse with no rider
Mira como corre libre
Look how it runs free
Se refleja en el machete
It's reflected in the machete
Hijos del cañaveral
Children of the sugarcane field
Nunca se nos cae la pava
Our pride never falters
Esta raza siempre es brava
This race is always fierce
Aunque sople el temporal
Even if the storm blows
Pa' aprender a defendernos
To learn to defend ourselves
Nunca fuimos a la escuela
We never went to school
Aunque el toro tenga cuernos
Even if the bull has horns
Nuestro hogar tiene vuela
Our home has wings
A latigazo limpio desde el descubrimiento
Whipped relentlessly since the discovery
No pudieron, seguimos con el mismo acento
They couldn't, we still have the same accent
Nuestro aguante ha sido digno
Our endurance has been dignified
Somos los versos que no cantan en nuestro himno
We are the verses not sung in our anthem
Hay que soltar los barcos del muelle
We have to release the ships from the dock
Esta carreta ya se mueve sin bueye
This cart already moves without oxen
Al colono los bajaremos del trono
We will bring the colonist down from the throne
Pa' que nuestra bandera cante en un solo tono
So our flag sings in a single tone
En el cuatro Luisito Sans
On the cuatro, Luisito Sans
En el bongó Antony Carrillo
On the bongo, Antony Carrillo
¡Háblale a los santos, dale!
Talk to the saints, go
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Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Rene Perez Joglar
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