I sing the song of the colonyHau kanta kanta kolonia nian

How many years and you're still not freeTinan hira no ita sei laos soberanu
And your mother cries and you ask god whyno ita nia amaa tanis, no ita husu maromak tanba saa
Greed is the knife and the scars run deepKaan nee tudik no kaer mak klean
How many races with much reason to weepRasa hira mak iha razaun barak atu tanis
And your children cryNo ita nia oan tanis
And you ask god whyNo ita husu Maromak tanba saa
Annie, she came from Dunlavin TownAnnie, nia husi Bairu Dunlavin
The TB came and killed her family all aroundTB mai no oho nia famila haleu hotu
Population boomsKresimentu populasaun tebes
Eleven in two roomsOnzi iha sala rua
Katie she came from down Townsend streetKatie, nia husi estrada Townsend
Ten in a bed and no shoes on their feetSanulu iha kama ida, no kuran sapatu taka nia ain
1916 camemill novisentus dezaseis mai
They played the patriots gameSira joga jogu Patriot nee
Freddy, he came from the Iveagh flatsFreddy, nia husi Flats Iveagh nee
Tenement slums and infested with ratsUma boot kiak, nakonu ho laho
Sleeping on damp strawDukur iha straw
Trying not to break the lawKoko atu la kotu sira nia lei
Thomas, he came from Kilmaine in MayoThomas nia husi Kilmaine, iha Mayo
Semi starvation was the only life you'd knowStarvation balu, nee vida mesak nebee ita hatene
In a two room shackIha “Shack” sala rua
Then jailed in LetterfrackHafoin nia rai ita iha kateira iha Letterfrack
I look to the east, I look to the westHau hare baa loro’sae, Hau hare ba Loro’monu
To the north and the south, and I'm not too impressedBa Tasi feto, ba tasi mane, no hau laduun
“impressed”
Time after time Dala depois dala
After crime after crime Depois krimi depois krimi
They raped, robbed, pillaged, enslaved and murdered Nia abuza, naok, “pilliaged”, “enslaved”-
halo atan ba ema, no oho
Jesus Christ was their god and they done it in his nameSira nia Maromak mak Jesus Christmas,
no sira halo hahalok iha nia naran
So he could take the blame if it's not all a gameNunee Nia bele simu todan, se karik nee hotu laos
jogu
With bible in one hand and a sword in the otherho Biblia iha lima ida, no ho espada iha liman
seluk
They came to purify my land of my Gaelic Irish mothersSira mai atu “haburas” hau nia rai no
hau nia Inan siran, no aman siran, no maun alin irlandais sira.
And fathers, and sisters and brothers
With our own ancient customs, laws, music, arthau ami nia lia antigun mesak, lei, musika, arte,
dalan moris no kultura
Way of life and culture
Tribal in structureEstrutura “tribal”
We had a civilisationAmi iha “civilization”
When they were still neanderthal nationsBainhiran sira sei rai “Neanderthal”
We suffer with the Native American, the Indian in AsiaAmi sofre ho “native Americans”, Ema
ina iha Azia
Aboriginal AustraliaEma Australia “oboriginal
The African people with their history so deepEma Afrika nian, ho sira nia istoria klean duni
And our children still weep and our lives are still cheapNo ami nia oan sei tanis no ami nia vida
sei baratu
You came from Germany, from France, from EnglandIta mai hosi allemange, no hosi fransa,
hosi engletera
And from Spainno hosi espana
From Belgium and from Portugalhosi Belgium no hose portugal
You all done much the samemaibee ita hotu halo buak atu hanesan
You took what was not yoursita hola buat nebee laos ita nian
Went against your own bibleKontra ita nia biblia rasik
You broke your own lawskontra ita nia lei rasik
Just to out do the rivalAtu haan ita nia “rivals” deit
But did you ever apologizeMaibee ita dala ida husu diskulpa ka lar
For the hundreds and millions of livesBa moris atus tokon sira nee
You destroyed and terrorisedNebee ita sobu no terus
Or have you never realizedKa ita dala ida raliza
Did you never feel shameDala ida ita senti moe
For what was done in your country's nameBa buat nebee ema halo iha ita nia rai nia nara
And find out who's to blame and why they were so inhumaneKa buka hatene see mak halo falla
nee, no tanba saa nia “inhumane “ hanesan nee
And still they teach you in your schoolNo sei sira hanoirin ita iha ita nia eskola nafatin
About those glorious days of ruleKona ba loron “glorious” ukun nee
And how it's your destiny to beNo oinsaa nee ita nia destinu atu sai
Superior to mediak liu duke hau
But if you've any kind of mindMaibee se karik ita iha neon nebee nebbe deit
You'll see that all human kindIta bele haree katak humanu maluk nian hotu
Are the children of this earthsira hotu “earth” nia oan
And your hate for them will chew you up and spit you outno nia oho ba sira sei nata it sae no
tafui ita sai
You'll never kill our will to be free, to be free Ita sei nunka oho ami nia vontade atu sai soberanu
You'll never kill our will to be free, to be free Ita sei nunka oho ami nia vontade atu sai soberanu
You'll never kill our will to be free, to be free Ita sei nunka oho ami nia vontade atu sai soberanu
Inside our minds we hold, hold the key Iha ami nia neon ami iha xavi nee