| Su Majestad la Rumba (original) | Su Majestad la Rumba (translation) |
|---|---|
| Sabrán que hay una rumbera | They will know that there is a rumbera |
| De figura escultural | statuesque figure |
| Yo la conocí de fiesta | I met her at a party |
| Una party en el Mancla | A party at the Mancla |
| Es una cosa soberbia | It is a superb thing |
| Y sobre lo natural | and about the natural |
| Como mueve las caderas | how do you move your hips |
| Cuando se pone a bailar | when she starts to dance |
| Y como yo soy rumbera | And since I'm a rumbera |
| Y libre de calcular | And free to calculate |
| Le llamo la contentosa | I call her the happy one |
| Y no le estimo rival | And I do not consider him a rival |
| Una noche en un teatro | One night in a theater |
| Que mostraba su sandunga | That she showed her sandunga |
| El público le gritaba | The public yelled at him |
| Su majestad la rumba | His majesty of her the rumba |
| (Su majestad la rumba) | (His majesty of her the rumba) |
| Ay, el público le gritaba | Oh, the public yelled at him |
| (su majestad la rumba) | (his majesty of her the rumba) |
| Ella no tiene rival | she has no rival |
| (su majestad la rumba) | (his majesty of her the rumba of her) |
| Porque sí sabe bailar | Because she does know how to dance |
| (su majestad la rumba) | (his majesty of her the rumba) |
| Esa negrona la zumba | That black girl buzzes her |
| (su majestad la rumba) | (his majesty of her the rumba) |
| Como ella baila la rumba | how she dances the rumba |
| (su majestad la rumba) | (his majesty of her the rumba) |
| Ella es su majestad la rumba | She is her majesty of her the rumba |
| (su majestad la rumba) | (his majesty of her the rumba) |
