Celia Cruz
Oye Cómo Va lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 4:33
Oye como ya, mi ritmo
Hey, listen to my rhythm
Bueno pa goza', mulata
Good for enjoying, mulata
Oye como va, mi ritmo
Hey, listen to how it goes, my rhythm
Bueno pa goza', mulata
Good for enjoying, mulata
Si tú no sabes bailar
If you don't know how to dance
Si estás peleado con el son
If you're out of sync with the beat
Sígueme marcando el paso
Follow my lead
Que, te aseguro que es de lo más sabrosón
Because I assure you, it's the most flavorful
Voy pa la rumba, la rumba, la rumba
I'm headed to the party, the party, the party
Porque me llama, me llama, me llama
Because it calls me, it calls me, it calls me
Y necesito que suene el coro
And I need the chorus to sound
Para que se ponga a vacilar
So we can start to have fun
Y te lo digo
And I tell you
Oye como va, mi ritmo
Hey, listen to how it goes, my rhythm
Bueno pa goza', mulata
Good for enjoying, mulata
Oye como va, mi ritmo
Hey, listen to how it goes, my rhythm
Bueno pa goza', mulata
Good for enjoying, mulata
Esto se pone caliente
This is getting hot
Esto se baila apretado
This is danced up close
Cuatro pasitos pal frente
Four steps forward
Y un meneíto de lao
And a little shimmy to the side
Porque la rumba, la rumba, la rumba
Because the party, the party, the party
Tiene la clave, la clave, la clave
Has the key, the key, the key
Y hay que meterle candela al jarro
And you have to add fire to the jar
Para que suene así como va
So it sounds just like it should
Te lo repito
I'll repeat it to you
Oye como va, mi ritmo
Hey, listen to how it goes, my rhythm
Bueno pa goza', mulata
Good for enjoying, mulata
Oye como va, mi ritmo
Hey, listen to how it goes, my rhythm
Bueno pa goza', mulata
Good for enjoying, mulata
Oye como va
Hey, listen to how it goes
Ay camina como chencha joroba echa pa atras
Oh, walk like the hunchback and lean back
Oye como va
Hey, listen to how it goes
Oye como va, oye como va
Hey, listen to how it goes, hey, listen to how it goes
Oye como va
Hey, listen to how it goes
Como va la rumba, como viene y va a gozar
How the party goes, how it comes and goes to enjoy
Oye como va, como va
Hey, listen to how it goes, how it goes
Y llega el negro Vicente
And here comes Vicente the black
Y el bodeguero de al lado
And the bodega owner next door
Que venga toda mi gente, mi gente
Let all my people come, my people
Para que goce el tumbao
So they can enjoy the sway
Porque la rumba, la rumba, la rumba
Because the party, the party, the party
Tiene la clave, la clave, la clave
Has the key, the key, the key
Y hay que meterle candela al jarro
And you have to add fire to the jar
Para que suene así como va, bien suavesito
So it sounds just like it should, nice and smooth
Oye como va, mi ritmo
Hey, listen to how it goes, my rhythm
Bueno pa goza', mulata
Good for enjoying, mulata
Oye como va, mi ritmo
Hey, listen to how it goes, my rhythm
Bueno pa goza', mulata
Good for enjoying, mulata
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Key vocabulary
- apretado
- tightB2
- así
- like thisA1
- atras
- behind
- baila
- dances
- bailar
- danceA1
- bien
- wellA1
- bodeguero
- winemaker
- bueno
- goodA1
- caliente
- hotA1
- camina
- walks
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About this song
Celia Cruz was a Cuban American singer associated with salsa and Afro-Cuban music. She was known for her solo career after leaving Cuba, her work with the big band La Sonora Matancera, and her role in popularizing salsa internationally.