| Lo que esta pa’ti nadie te lo quita
| What is for you, nobody takes it away from you
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| Asi me decia mi abuela Panchita
| That's what my grandmother Panchita used to tell me
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| Pero por si acaso niño prende una velita
| But just in case, child, light a candle
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| La vida es una ruleta y hay cosas que no se dan
| Life is a roulette and there are things that do not happen
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| Por mas que uno juega y juega se alejan se van se van
| As much as one plays and plays, they move away, they go, they go
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| Pero sin embargo hay otras que solitas llegaran
| But nevertheless there are others that alone will arrive
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| Lo que hay es que estar tranquilo y acordarse del refran
| What you have to do is be calm and remember the proverb
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| Hay veces que una tormenta se cuela en tu corazon
| There are times when a storm sneaks into your heart
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| Se te sube a la cabeza con la fuerza de un ciclon
| It goes to your head with the force of a cyclone
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| Pero hay que seguir pa’lante buscando la solucion
| But you have to keep going forward looking for the solution
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| Hacer de la pena un baile y alegre cantar un son
| Make a dance of sorrow and sing a son joyfully
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| La tipa que esta pa’ti ni Don Johnson te la quita
| The girl who is here for you, not even Don Johnson takes her away from you
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| Si me saco la loteria te compro una casita
| If I win the lottery I'll buy you a little house
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| La vida es una ruleta que va dando vueltecitas
| Life is a roulette that goes around
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| Tu cafecito por la mañana
| Your little coffee in the morning
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| Tu musica antillana
| your antillean music
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| Tu convertible del año
| Your convertible of the year
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| Seguir rumbeando hasta la mañana | Keep going until the morning |