Lyrics of Havanization - Raul Paz

Havanization (original)

Para la Havana que te mira
Para la Havana que esta al lado
Hay una Havana que me encanta, una Havana mia
Hay una Havana de pasión y melancolía
Calor, tabaco, ron y poesía
Y una sonrisa a cada rato con su picardía
Hay una Havana que te asfixia con la bobería
Hay uma Havana de fe y de sabiduría
Hay una Havana que está lista, otra que no se fía
Asi que ten cuidao'
Recuerdo de un barrio bueno, donde se crece apurao'
Bicicleta, caramelo, fiesta en la casa de al lao'
Vendedores inventando y mirada de mujer
Siempre te voy a querer Havana que está esperando
Como si nada, como si nada
Porque yo me siento bien caminado por la Havana
Para la Havana que te cuida
Para la Havana que te está esperando
Porque yo me siento bien caminado, caminando
Hay una Havana que te dice si no lo sabías
Con sus verdades denegadas y su fantasía
Siempre hubo Havana de leones también de escotilla
Y hay una Havana que se va pero no se olvida
Hay una Havana que no duerme hasta el otro día
Hay una Havana de uniforme, de alegoría
Havana muerta domingo y otro día
Te volverá a encontrar, te volverá a encontrar
Contradicción que te atrapa entre poder y querer
Tiempo que casi no pasa entre ganar y perder
Un Malecón desbordao', con la musica en los pies
Porque tener que escoger con la Havana que me han dao'
Como si nada, como si nada
Porque yo me siento bien caminado por la Havana
Porque yo me siento bien caminado por la Havana
Havana de sentimientos, de besos, de enamorados
Que te descubre por dentro y que te deja enganchao'
Y un Malecón desbordao', con la musica en los pies
Porque tener que escoger con la Havana que me han dao'
Como si nada, como si nada
Porque yo me siento bien caminado por la Havana
Para la Havana que te está empujando
Para la Havana que te está mirando
Porque yo me siento bien caminado y caminando
Caminando por la Havana

(translation)

For the Havana that looks at you
For the Havana that is next door
There is a Havana that I love, a Havana of mine
There is a Havana of passion and melancholy
Heat, tobacco, rum and poetry
And a smile every time with his mischief
There is a Havana that suffocates you with nonsense
There is a Havana of faith and wisdom
There is a Havana that is ready, another that does not trust
So be careful
I remember a good neighborhood, where you grow up in a hurry
Bike, candy, party at al lao's house
Vendors inventing and looking at women
I will always love you, Havana, who is waiting
As if nothing, as if nothing
Because I feel good walking through Havana
For the Havana that takes care of you
For the Havana that is waiting for you
Because I feel good walking, walking
There is a Havana that tells you if you didn't know
With its denied truths and its fantasy
There was always Havana de Leones also hatch
And there is a Havana that leaves but is not forgotten
There is a Havana that does not sleep until the next day
There is a Havana of uniform, of allegory
Dead Havana Sunday and another day
It will find you again, it will find you again
Contradiction that traps you between being able and wanting
Almost no time passes between winning and losing
An overflowing Malecón', with the music in the feet
Because having to choose with the Havana that they have given me'
As if nothing, as if nothing
Because I feel good walking through Havana
Because I feel good walking through Havana
Havana of feelings, of kisses, of lovers
That discovers you inside and that leaves you hooked'
And an overflowing Malecón', with the music in the feet
Because having to choose with the Havana that they have given me'
As if nothing, as if nothing
Because I feel good walking through Havana
For the Havana that is pushing you
For the Havana that is looking at you
Because I feel well walking and walking
Walking through Havana