Translation of the song lyrics Para Ser Rumbero - Rubén Blades

Para Ser Rumbero (original)

Para ser rumbero tú tienes que haber llorado
Para ser rumbero tú tienes que haber vivido
Tú tienes que haber soñado…
Y haber reído…
Para ser rumbero tienes que sentir por dentro.
Emociones dulces que agiten tu sentimiento
Si no naciste con clave… entonces no eres rumbero
Podrás cantar con sentido podrás tener buena voz
Pero ser rumbero nunca si te falta corazón
Para ser rumbero tienes que amar a la gente
Y tener el alma tan clara cual sol de oriente
Tú tienes que ser sincero…
Y entonces serás rumbero…
CORO
Si quieres ser rumbero…
Ay tú tienes, tienes que haber llorado
Coro
Oye… que tú tienes que haber vivido.
Coro
Tienes, tienes, tienes que haber soñado.
Coro.
Si quieres ser rumbero tienes primero que haber reído.
Coro
Tienes que amar a la esquina.
Coro
Y entender a la avenida.
Coro
Si tú quieres ser rumbero
Mambo
Coro
Tienes que entender, que nada sabes
Coro
El rompiendo no respeta clave
Coro
Y saber que los tambores
Coro
Son del barrio los pulmones
Coro
Respeta lo popular.
Coro
Tiene que saber cuándo cantar.
Coro
Y también cuando adornar
II mambo
Coro
Si quieres ser, si quieres ser, si quieres ser, si quieres.
Coro
Rumbero tienes que amar a la gente
Coro
Tienes que tener el alma cual sol de oriente.
Coro
Tienes que saber de clave, tienes que tener la llave del barrio.
Coro
De lo que se canta primero, tienes que sentir
Coro
Tienes que tener la experiencia el barrio y como vivir.

(translation)

To be a rumbero you have to have cried
To be a rumbero you have to have lived
You must have dreamed...
And having laughed...
To be a rumbero you have to feel inside.
Sweet emotions that stir your feeling
If you weren't born with a password... then you're not a rumbero
You can sing with meaning you can have a good voice
But never be a rumbero if you lack heart
To be a rumbero you have to love people
And have a soul as clear as an eastern sun
You have to be honest...
And then you will be a rumbero…
CHORUS
If you want to be a rumbero…
Oh you have, you must have cried
Chorus
Hey… you have to have lived.
Chorus
You have, you have, you must have dreamed.
Chorus.
If you want to be a rumbero you first have to have laughed.
Chorus
You have to love the corner.
Chorus
And understand the avenue.
Chorus
If you want to be a rumbero
Mambo
Chorus
You have to understand, that you know nothing
Chorus
The breaking does not respect key
Chorus
And know that the drums
Chorus
The lungs are from the neighborhood
Chorus
Respect the popular.
Chorus
You have to know when to sing.
Chorus
And also when to decorate
II mambo
Chorus
If you want to be, if you want to be, if you want to be, if you want to be
Chorus
Rumbero you have to love people
Chorus
You have to have the soul like an eastern sun.
Chorus
You have to know the key, you have to have the key to the neighborhood.
Chorus
Of what is sung first, you have to feel
Chorus
You have to have the experience of the neighborhood and how to live.