This is Our Landand Not Yours!

We are well-versed in our own land.
We need no hypocrites to preach to us,
about how to take care of it.

In our land, we know
how the seasons change,
how the trees grow,
how the plants resprout,
how the sparrows hatch,
how the butterflies metamorphose,
and how the lilies bloom.

We need no laws of Wildlife Sanctuaries, Reserved Forests, National Parks
to preserve our land.
We can protect it ourselves.
Yes, we can!
We had taken care of it,
for a thousand years,
before you came to our land.

For a thousand years,
we had taken care of our land,
without your help.
Yes, we had!
Way before you exploited,
our forests for timber, plywood,
firewood, and many more.
Yes! Way before,
you discovered the minerals in our land.

Listen! You hypocrites.
God blessed our land abundantly,
with natural resources,
for our children's children to inherit,
not yours to snatch away from them.
For this is our land, and not yours!