Las Tres Son Caribe

The three are beautiful, the three are gorgeous
And adorn my coast, the three are Caribbean
Santa Marta, Barranquilla, and Cartagena
Are García Márquez's novel
(and Alejandro Obregón's brush)
Are García Márquez's novel
(and Alejandro Obregón's brush)

The three are the party, the three are the joy
But the ones that shine, with their own pure light
The three are pride, pride of Colombia
The three are the history, that I predict to my son

(chorus)
Santa Marta, Barranquilla, and Cartagena
Are García Márquez's novel
And Alejandro Obregón's brush
Lucho Bermúdez's cumbia
Pancho Galán's Merecumbé
José Benito Barros' Piragua
And Alejandro Duran's accordion
Jesús María Peña Rosa's Peñón
And there's the Forero, you know how things are

(The three are beautiful, the three are gorgeous
And adorn my coast, the three are Caribbean)

(Santa Marta)
Samaria, Samaria from head to toe
What beauty!
(Barranquilla)
Before I die, take me
On a stretcher or any gurney
(Cartagena)
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
The darkest one
(Santa Marta)
Beach, breeze, and sea
Taganga, Taganga, will always wait for you
(Barranquilla)
Carnival, carnival, that makes
All my people enjoy
(Cartagena)
The beautiful face of a land called Colombia

(The three are beautiful, the three are gorgeous
And adorn my coast, the three are Caribbean)
(The three are beautiful)

(Santa Marta, Barranquilla, and Cartagena)
From the Caribbean are three beauties
If I see the moon, I don't know how to choose it
(Santa Marta, Barranquilla, and Cartagena)
Who will give me, who will give me a reason
And a valid reason not to love them or cherish them
(Santa Marta, Barranquilla, and Cartagena)
The pampa, the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino
Battle of Flowers, party on 72nd Street

(Santa Marta, Barranquilla, and Cartagena)