| Carlitos venga que se va
| Carlitos come on he's leaving
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| Que no nos espera el viento
| That the wind is not waiting for us
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| Mientras le hala su compay
| While his compay pulls him
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| Su corazón se va descosiendo
| His heart is unraveling
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| Espera solo un poco mas
| wait just a little longer
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| Quiero explicarle a los míos
| I want to explain to mine
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| Por que Labana es la ciudad
| Why Labana is the city
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| Donde los sueños aprenden a nadar
| where dreams learn to swim
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| Y pa' que no se colme mi vaso
| And so that my glass is not filled
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| Lo cuento dando sorbitos
| I tell it sipping
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| Por que mi negra esta en Labana
| Because my black is in Labana
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| Y que me tengo que ir solito
| And that I have to go alone
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| Tocao! | Touch it! |
| Sobra el dinero, pa' un corazón
| There is plenty of money, for a heart
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| Tocao! | Touch it! |
| Sobra el dinero, si no estas a mi la’o
| There is plenty of money, if you are not by my side
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| Como hablarle a la pared (dame, dame libertad)
| Like talking to the wall (give me, give me freedom)
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| Los muros piden a gritos
| The walls cry out
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| Dicen que a Labana no se va, (no se va)
| They say that you don't go to Labana, (you don't go)
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| A echarle canas al aire;
| To cast gray hair in the air;
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| Maldito, maldito sea este mundo
| Damn, damn this world
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| Me quiero lleva’r mi negra
| I want to take my black
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| Que se me quedo en Habana
| That I stay in Havana
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| Que se me a quedado en tierra
| That I have stayed on the ground
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| Si se me a quedao en tierra
| If I stayed on the ground
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| Si se me a quedao abandona’o
| If I stayed or abandoned
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| Que se me a quedao en tierra
| That I stayed on the ground
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| Que se me a quedao abandonao
| That I was left abandoned
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| Que no me queda na'
| That I have nothing left
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| Que no me queda na', no, no
| That I have nothing left, no, no
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| Pero que lindo y que bueno
| But how cute and how good
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| No se que voy a hacer!
| I do not know what I'm going to do!
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| Pero voy a quererte, mi niña siempre
| But I'm going to love you, my girl always
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| Ve mi negra no, no, no, ve mi negra no te vayas
| See my black no, no, no, see my black don't go
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| Y espera solo un poco mas
| And wait just a little longer
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| Quiero explicarle a mi ciudad
| I want to explain to my city
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| Y a mi negrita que es cubana
| And my black girl who is Cuban
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| Porque me voy de Labana, no!
| Because I'm leaving Labana, no!
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| No va a cerrar el corazón de la gente buena
| It won't close the hearts of good people
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| Ni de los poetas, ni de la gente, que se siente libre
| Neither of the poets, nor of the people, who feel free
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| Cuenta, cuenta, cuenta; | account, account, account; |
| un día tras otro lo cuenta
| day after day he tells
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| Cuenta uno!, cuenta dos!, cuenta tres!, cuenta cuatro
| Count one!, count two!, count three!, count four
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| Que te vas Fidel!
| What are you going Fidel!
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| Pero no sobra el alma del habanero
| But there is no surplus of the soul of the habanero
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| (Sobra el dinero)
| (Excess money)
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| A este corazón partio
| To this heart he left
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| Quien me va entregar sus emociones?
| Who is going to give me his emotions?
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| Una niña que me tiene como un loco enamorado | A girl who has me like a crazy in love |