| Si huele a caña
| If it smells like cane
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| Tabaco y brevas
| Tobacco and figs
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| Usted esta en cali
| you are in cali
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| Ay mire, vea!
| Oh look, see!
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| Si las mujeres son
| If women are
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| Lindas y hermosas
| cute and beautiful
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| Aqui no hay fea
| There is no ugly here
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| Para que vea
| for you to see
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| Mi Cali se esta arreglando
| My Cali is getting ready
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| Para su fiesta mas popular
| For your most popular party
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| Con caña, dulce el melao
| With cane, sweet melao
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| Hierbe en la paila hasta amanecer
| Herb in the pan until dawn
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| Habra corrida de toros
| There will be a bullfight
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| Y por la noche fiesta y rumba
| And at night party and rumba
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| En Cali, mira
| In Cali, look
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| Se sabe gozar (bis)
| You know how to enjoy (bis)
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| De dia su zona ardiente
| By day its burning zone
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| Hace que mi Cali se caliente
| Makes my Cali hot
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| De noche sus callecitas
| At night its little streets
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| Con farolitos se ven bonitas
| With lanterns they look pretty
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| Afinen bien las orquestas
| Tune the orchestras well
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| Que este año si vamos a reventar
| That this year we are going to burst
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| La rumba empezo en la sexta
| The rumba began in the sixth
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| Banban Juanchito esta remata
| Banban Juanchito is finishing
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| Con salsa de ahi
| with ahi sauce
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| Con mucho mani (bis)
| With a lot of peanuts (bis)
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| Oiga, mire, vea
| Hey, look, see
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| Vengase a Cali para que vea!
| Come to Cali to see!
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| Oiga, mire, vea
| Hey, look, see
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| Goze la feria para que vea!
| Enjoy the fair for you to see!
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| Si usted va llegando
| If you are arriving
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| Vayase entonando
| go singing
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| Que de baile en baile
| That from dance to dance
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| Se va acomodando
| is getting comfortable
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| De dia en la plaza
| By day in the square
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| Corrida de toros
| Bullfight
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| De noche que al Cesar
| At night that when Cesar
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| Sin no en plastimodo
| Sin not in plastimodo
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| Oiga, mire, vea
| Hey, look, see
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| Vengase a Cali para que vea!
| Come to Cali to see!
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| Si va usted Juanchito
| If you go Juanchito
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| La pasa bonito
| have a nice time
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| Si va al barrio obrero
| If you go to the working-class neighborhood
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| Se vuelve rumbero
| he becomes a rumba
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| Si se me acalora
| If I get hot
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| No mire la hora
| don't look at the time
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| Tomese un raspado
| take a scrape
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| Y cuento acabado!
| And finished story!
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| Oiga, mire, vea
| Hey, look, see
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| Goze la feria para que vea!
| Enjoy the fair for you to see!
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| Aqui no hay problema
| here there is no problem
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| Aqui no hay pelea
| there is no fight here
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| Mi gente de Cali
| My people from Cali
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| Disfruta y rumbea
| Enjoy and party
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| Pida una botella
| order a bottle
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| Pida una caneca
| Ask for a can
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| Que en mi Cali bella
| That in my beautiful Cali
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| La gente respeta
| people respect
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| Oiga, mire, vea
| Hey, look, see
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| Vengase a Cali para que vea!
| Come to Cali to see!
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| Vaya despacito
| go slowly
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| Si ya va prendido
| If it's already on
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| Si va manejando
| If you are driving
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| Se mete en un lio
| He gets into a mess
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| Quedese quietico
| stand still
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| Ya esta amanecido
| It's already dawn
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| Y despues del cance
| And after the cancer
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| Vayase pal pance
| go pal pance
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| Oiga, mire, vea
| Hey, look, see
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| Vengase a Cali para que vea!
| Come to Cali to see!
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| Oiga, mire, vea
| Hey, look, see
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| Goze la feria para que vea!
| Enjoy the fair for you to see!
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| (bis)
| (Bis)
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| Que que que que que?
| What what what what what?
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| Querian que te cantara
| They wanted me to sing to you
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| Cali TE CANTA Y te cantare!
| Cali sings to you and I will sing to you!
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| Despues de que pasa la feria
| After the fair passes
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| La rumba sigue como es
| The rumba continues as it is
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| Asi queda demostrado
| So it is proven
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| Y aqui queda comprobado
| And here it is verified
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| Que las mujeres de Cali
| That the women of Cali
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| Tienen sabrosura…
| They have flavor…
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| Salsa!
| Dip!
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| Porque mueven la cintura
| because they move the waist
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| Las mujeres de Cali
| The women of Cali
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| Tienen sabrosura
| They have flavor
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| Salsa!
| Dip!
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| Porque mueven la cintura… | Because they move their waist... |