Rubén Blades
Para ser rumbero lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1983
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 3:39
Para Virgilio, Patato, Julito
For Virgilio, Patato, Julito
Y al gran Babá Quiñones
And to the great Babá Quiñones
Salsipuedes
Para ser rumbero tú tienes que haber llorado
To be a rumbero you have to have cried
Para ser rumbero tú tienes que haber vivido
To be a rumbero you have to have lived
Tú tienes que haber soñado
You have to have dreamed
Y haber reído
And have laughed
Para ser rumbero tienes que sentir por dentro
To be a rumbero you have to feel it inside
Emociones dulces que agiten tu sentimiento
Sweet emotions that stir your feelings
Si no naciste con clave
If you weren't born with clave
Entonces no eres rumbero
Then you're not a rumbero
Podrás cantar con sentido
You may sing with meaning
Podrás tener buena voz
You may have a good voice
Pero ser rumbero nunca
But to be a rumbero, never
Si te falta corazón
If you're missing heart
Para ser rumbero tienes que amar a la gente
To be a rumbero you have to love the people
Tener el alma tan clara cual sol de oriente
Have a soul as clear as the eastern sun
Tú tienes que ser sincero
You have to be sincere
Y entonces serás rumbero
And then you'll be a rumbero
¡Oh!
Arriba Sonando Los Afrojillos
Up with the Afrojillos sound
Salsipuedes
¡Con to'!
With everything!
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Ay, tú tienes, tienes que haber llorado
Oh, you have to, you have to have cried
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Oye, que tú tienes que haber vivido
Hey, you have to have lived
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Tienes, tienes que haber soñado
You have to, you have to have dreamed
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Si quieres ser rumbero tienes primero que haber reído
If you want to be a rumbero, you first have to have laughed
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Tienes que amar a la esquina
You have to love the corner
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Y entender a la avenida
And understand the avenue
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Si tú quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
¡Pata!
Step!
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Tienes que entender que nada sabe
You have to understand that nothing knows
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
El que rumbeando no respeta clave
He who doesn't respect clave while rumba-ing
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Y saber que los tambores
And know that the drums
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Son del barrio los pulmones
Are the lungs of the neighborhood
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Respeta lo popular
Respect the popular
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Tienes que saber cuándo cantar
You have to know when to sing
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Y también cuándo adornar
And also when to embellish
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Si quieres ser, si quieres ser, si quieres ser
If you want to be, if you want to be, if you want to be
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Si quieres ser rumbero tienes que amar a la gente
If you want to be a rumbero you have to love the people
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Tienes que tener el alma cual sol de oriente
You have to have a soul like the eastern sun
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Tienes que saber de clave y tienes que tener la llave del barrio
You have to know about clave and you have to have the key of the neighborhood
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Y entender lo que se canta primero tienes que sentir
And understand what is sung, first you have to feel
Si quieres ser rumbero
If you want to be a rumbero
Tienes que tener la experiencia del barrio y cómo vivir
You have to have the experience of the neighborhood and how to live
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Key vocabulary
- rumbeando
- heading
- adornar
- decorateB1
- afrojillos
- fried beans
- agiten
- shake
- alma
- soulB2
- amar
- to love; to like or be fond ofB2
- arriba
- upA1
- avenida
- avenueA1
- babá
- dadB2
- barrio
- neighborhoodA1
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About this song
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is an award-winning singer, composer, actor, and activist known for his foundational contributions to salsa music and Latin jazz.