Translation of the song lyrics A Toda Cuba Le Gusta (Son) - Afro-Cuban All Stars

A Toda Cuba Le Gusta (Son) (original)

Guajira, el son te llama, a bailar, a Gozar
Guajira, el son te llama, a bailar, a Gozar
Guajira, el son te llama, a bailar, a Gozar
Guajira, el son te llama, a bailar, a Gozar
Amigo pida otra copa, caramba
Que este cantor le convida
Que aunque a ustedes no le importa
Voy a hacerles la historia de mi vida
Amé mucho a una mujer
De mi alma la más querida
Me traicionó la perdida, caramba
Que ingrato y mal proceder
Ella me hizo beber
Ella me hizo un perdido
A la droga me tiré, amigo mío
Y a la cárcel fui llevado
Los amigos me olvidaron
Sólo mi madre lloraba
A Dios pedía y rogaba
Que se salvara su hijo
Recuerden lo que les digo
Que en la prisión y en la cama
Sólo nuestra madre nos ama, caramba
No hay dinero, no hay amigos
Linda guajira, mi son te llama
Guajira, el son te llama, a bailar, a Gozar
Guajira, el son te llama, a bailar, a Gozar
Guajira, el son te llama, a bailar, a Gozar
Guajira, el son te llama, a bailar, a Gozar
Y al piano Don Rubén González
Oiga compay mire quien viene por allí
Compay barbarito Torres Special
Guajira el son te llama, a bailar, a gozar
Las dos palabras que más
Me llenan de recocijo
Es cuando me dicen hijo, es cuando digo
Mamá
Guajira el son te llama, a bailar, a gozar
La madre es un surtidor
De miel que nunca se cierra
Es un astro en la tierra
Brilla mucho más que el sol
Guajira el son te llama, a bailar, a gozar
No le teme a la negrura
Del vicio y todo su espanto
Pienso en mi madre
Y su encanto me cubre con su ternura

(translation)

Guajira, the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
Guajira, the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
Guajira, the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
Guajira, the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
Friend ask for another drink, gosh
That this singer invites you
That even though you don't care
I'm going to make them the story of my life
I loved a woman very much
Of my soul the dearest
I was betrayed by loss, gosh
What an ungrateful and bad behavior
she made me drink
She made me a loser
I took drugs, my friend
And to jail I was taken
friends forgot me
only my mother cried
He asked and prayed to God
That his son be saved
Remember what I tell you
That in prison and in bed
Only our mother loves us, gosh
no money, no friends
Linda guajira, my son calls you
Guajira, the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
Guajira, the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
Guajira, the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
Guajira, the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
And the piano Don Rubén González
Hey compay look who's coming over there
Compay barbarito Torres Special
Guajira the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
The two words that most
they fill me with rejoicing
It's when they call me son, it's when I say
Mom
Guajira the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
The mother is a supplier
Of honey that never closes
She is a star on earth
It shines much brighter than the sun
Guajira the son calls you, to dance, to enjoy
not afraid of blackness
Of vice and all its horror
I think of my mother
And her charm of hers covers me with her tenderness