| Havana City (original) | Havana City (translation) |
|---|---|
| Cualquiera, en la Havana | Anyone, in Havana |
| Tiene un amigo llamado Jose | He has a friend named Jose |
| Que seguro que esta alquilando | sure that he is renting |
| Su Chevrolet del '53 | His '53 Chevrolet |
| Son Pepes los Joses | They are Pepes the Joses |
| Los que alquilan sus Chevroleses (BIS) | Those who rent their Chevrolets (BIS) |
| Y nadie sabe como esa gente | And no one knows how those people |
| Sin saber inglés y un tín de español | Without knowing English and a tin of Spanish |
| Esta frase que está pega' | This phrase that is sticky |
| Se les ocurrió | They came up with |
| Que barbaridad | That awful |
| Si quieres vivir un mar | If you want to live a sea |
| De aventuras | Of adventures |
| Ven aquí a mi Havana | Come here to my Havana |
| CORO: | CHORUS: |
| Havana City, «Havana crazy | Havana City, "Havana crazy" |
| Welcome to the capital! | Welcome to the capital! |
| Bienvenidos a la Havana City | Welcome to Havana City |
| A la loca esa | to the crazy one |
| Que todo el mundo la goza | That everyone enjoys it |
| Te invito a tomarte | I invite you to take |
| Una botella de ron | a bottle of rum |
| Tocando guitarra y cantando | Playing guitar and singing |
| En el malecón | on the boardwalk |
| Welcome to my capital | Welcome to my capital |
| My old capital | my old capital |
| La de la plaza de la catedral | The one in the cathedral square |
| La Havana fascinante es la Havana marginal | The fascinating Havana is the marginal Havana |
| La sucia, que no es la Havana limpia de Miramar | The dirty one, which is not the clean Havana of Miramar |
