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La Ofrenda
Dolores Huerta Mural by Yreina Cervántez’
Los Angeles, Toluca at the First Avenue Bridge.
The daughter of a migrant worker, Dolores Huerta was the first female Mexican American union leader.
The text is mostly from poet, Gloria Alvarez, including the poem on the hands:
"Mujer
Heróicas
mujeres de piedra
que se alzan soberanas por toda la América entera,
laboriosas, sonrientes
generosas, forjadoras de futuro
cada día construyendo
una manana diferente
en la calle, en escuela,
en el camp, en la ciudad
hijas todos del maiz
constructoras de surcos
en la angustia
trasformadoras del sufrimiento
en esperanzas y en suenos liberterios,
que nos dan la vida...eterna..."
My flawed translation (please let me know how to improve):
Women
Heroic
Stone women
who rise sovereign throughout the whole of America,
laboring, smiling
generous future shapers
each day building
a different tomorrow
on the street, in school,
in the camp, in the city.
Daughters all of maize
constructing paths through trouble,
transforming suffering,
hoping and dreaming in freedom,
give us eternal life...."
La Ofrenda
Dolores Huerta Mural by Yreina Cervántez’
Los Angeles, Toluca at the First Avenue Bridge.
The daughter of a migrant worker, Dolores Huerta was the first female Mexican American union leader.
The text is mostly from poet, Gloria Alvarez, including the poem on the hands:
"Mujer
Heróicas
mujeres de piedra
que se alzan soberanas por toda la América entera,
laboriosas, sonrientes
generosas, forjadoras de futuro
cada día construyendo
una manana diferente
en la calle, en escuela,
en el camp, en la ciudad
hijas todos del maiz
constructoras de surcos
en la angustia
trasformadoras del sufrimiento
en esperanzas y en suenos liberterios,
que nos dan la vida...eterna..."
My flawed translation (please let me know how to improve):
Women
Heroic
Stone women
who rise sovereign throughout the whole of America,
laboring, smiling
generous future shapers
each day building
a different tomorrow
on the street, in school,
in the camp, in the city.
Daughters all of maize
constructing paths through trouble,
transforming suffering,
hoping and dreaming in freedom,
give us eternal life...."