Translation of the song lyrics Amor Verdadero - Afro-Cuban All Stars

Amor Verdadero (original)

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 ms querida
Me traiciona la perdida, caramba
Que ingrato y mal proceder.
Ella me hizo beber
Ella me hizo un perdido
A la droga me tiré, amigo mio, y a la carcel fui llevado.
Los amigos me
olvidaron
Solo mi madre lloraba
A Dios pedia y rogaba
Que salvara su hijo.
Recuerden lo que les digo
Que en la prision y en la cama
Solo nuestra madre nos ama, caramba, no hay dinero, no hay amigos
Linda guajira, mi son te llama!
Y al piano Don Ruben Gonzalez
Oiga compay mire quien viene por alla­, Compay barbarito Torres…
Special
Guajira el son te llama, a bailar, a gozar.
Las dos palabras que mas
Me llenan de recocijo
Es cuando me dicen hijo, es cuando digo
Mama.
Guajira el son te llama, a bailar, a gozar.
La madre es un surtidor
De miel que nunca cierra
Es un astro de la tierra
Brilla mucho mas 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
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
Loss betrays me, gosh
What an ungrateful and bad behavior.
she made me drink
She made me a loser
I threw myself into drugs, my friend, and I was taken to jail.
friends i
they forgot
only my mother cried
He asked and prayed to God
To save his son from him.
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!
And at the piano Don Ruben Gonzalez
Hey compay look who's coming over there, Compay barbarito Torres...
Special
Guajira el 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
Mother.
Guajira el son calls you, to dance, to enjoy.
The mother is a supplier
Of honey that never closes
She is a star of the earth
It shines much brighter than the sun.
Guajira el 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