we must return

At home, our mines
the beaches,
our fields
we must return

TO our lands red coffee
white cotton
of green cornfields
we must return

At our diamond mines
gold, copper, oil
we must return

Our rivers, our lakes
the mountains, forests
we must return

In the freshness of mulemba
to our traditions
the rhythms and bonfires
we must return

Marimba and quissange
our carnival
we must return

In the beautiful Angolan homeland our land,
our mother we must return
We will return

In Angola released
independent Angola

From the book Sacred Hope, Agostinho Neto