| De que le sirve al cantor
| What good is the singer
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| Que tenga cuatro canciones
| have four songs
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| Si no sabe en donde pone la voluntad
| If he doesn't know where he puts the will
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| Otros que creen que el dinero
| Others who believe that money
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| Viene siendo lo primero
| It comes first
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| Y escriben cosas que a mi no me dicen nada
| And they write things that don't mean anything to me
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| Sin embargo los que son
| However those who are
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| Brillantes como la luna
| bright as the moon
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| No hay quien les ofrezca una oportunidad
| No one offers them a chance
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| Que cantidad de poetas
| how many poets
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| Se les llenan las gavetas
| their drawers are filled
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| De cosas interesantes que son verdad
| Of interesting things that are true
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| Y mucho más
| And much more
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| Pero como! | But how! |
| Por eso estamos como estamos
| That is why we are as we are
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| Yo mantengo aquel refrán
| I keep that saying
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| Que en Cuba se usa bastante
| Which in Cuba is used a lot
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| No van lejos los de adelante si los de atrás se van
| Those in front don't go far if those behind leave
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| Y mientras me gano el pan con el sudor de mi frente
| And while I earn my bread with the sweat of my brow
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| Un día seguramente me escucharán, me entenderán, me buscarán
| One day they will surely listen to me, they will understand me, they will look for me
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| Lo digo yo! | I say so! |
| Deja que cante!
| Let me sing!
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| Cante conmigo cante
| sing with me sing
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| Hagamos una canción que se levante
| Let's make a song that rises
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| Que nadie venga a decirme que van lejos los de adelante
| Let no one come to tell me that those ahead go far
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| Deja que al que venga atrás le den un chance y tu verás
| Let the one who comes behind give you a chance and you will see
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| Y el que quiera unirse al coro
| And whoever wants to join the choir
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| Que lo haga en el instante
| Let him do it instantly
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| Ayudando a la canción que se levante
| Helping the song rise
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| Para que canten
| for them to sing
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| Vamos, vamos, vamos todos
| Come on, come on, come on everybody
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| En esta guagua gigante
| In this giant bus
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| Tarareando una canción
| humming a song
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| Que todo el mundo la cante
| let everyone sing it
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| Que se levanten | get up |