Yo Soy El Son Cubano

I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily to me
They have fun like brothers
I'm a countryman, inland
If in the countryside I was born
And to the city they brought me
There is where they gave me
The rhythm that I offer here

I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily to me
They have fun like brothers
I'm a countryman, inland
If they dance with cadence
They will immediately notice
That like the Cuban son
There is nothing like it in the world

I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily to me
I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily to me
I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily
I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily

My mother told me
To sing, and not cry
To let go of sorrows in the air
But not to forget her
I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily to me
I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily

Singing will be my death
Perhaps, my happiness
Singing will be my death
Perhaps, my happiness
And I agree
I await any fate
So that my lifeless body

Is taken to the holy ground
There I do not want tears
I want for my fortune
That when they bury me
They sing a sweet song

I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily to me
I am the Cuban son
Everyone dances happily