My name is cumbia, I am the queen wherever I go
There is not a hip that is still where I am
My skin is brown like the leather of my drum
And my shoulders are a pair of maracas that the sun kisses
And my shoulders are a pair of maracas that the sun kisses
I have in my throat a fine flute that God gave me of tobacco, brandy and rum
I take my backpack, I light the candle and the sound plays
And I entangle all my voice in the moon and in the stars
And I entangle in the moon and in the stars all my voice
As I am the queen, a fine violin makes court to me
I fall in love with a piano, a sax follows me and I hear a clarón
And the entire orchestra forms one party around me
And I am the cumbia, the flirtatious female and I dance happily
And I am the cumbia, the flirtatious female and I dance happily
I was born in the beautiful Caribbean beaches of my country
I am Barranquillera, Cartagenera, I am from there
I am from Santa Marta, I am Monteriana, but that's true
I am Colombian, oh ! beautiful land where I was born
I am Colombian, oh! beautiful land where I was born