‘‘ La Dueña de la Habana’’

She thinks she is the owner of Havana, the best of the human species, she has thought she is perfect, because her life has improved and she despises the measure of what friendship is. She forgets about friends, her love is lost, she is no longer with us. She ignores what she has lived. And that is the false life of Juana. She thinks she is: Well, look what she thinks, that she is going to destroy all of Havana, and that is not going to happen. When she walks down Prado and Colón, oh!, everyone looks at her. Oh!, I don't know what I am going to do, that woman has me crazy. Owner of you, owner of what, oh!, owner of nothing. And now Orlandito, Samuel, and Ulises have arrived, your trombones of the changüí, Los Intocables. Because her life has improved, if before it was lost. And that is the false life of Juana. Look, the trombones that you like the most have arrived. The trombones of the changüí. Hey, why are you asking for a loan, girl, if it doesn't give you anything, it doesn't give you anything. Well, look, you know, Elito, that I know a girl who spends her time asking for clothes, she's already tired of me. So... Oh! What good is that pretty face if you ask the guy next to you? You changed address and went somewhere else. Look, you went to Los Pocitos, to Los Sitios, to Miramar, El Vedado, Reparto Siboney. Look, you left, you left a pile of people on board. That's why listen to the trombones now, they're going to look for you all over Havana... Oh! Look, don't ask Rosita. What you're wearing, girl, is borrowed. Return, return what's not yours. Hey, look, soruyo, soruyo.

Ella se cree que es la dueña de La Habana,
lo mejor de le especie humana,
ha pensado ser perfecta,
porque ha mejorado su vida y desprecia la medida de lo que es la amistad.
Se olvida de los amigos, su amor está perdido,
ya no anda con nosotros. Ignora lo vivido.
Y es así la falsa vida de Juana.
Ella se piensa que es:
Bueno, mira que ella se piensa,
que va a acabar con La Habana entera, y eso no va.
Cuando camina por Prado y Colón, ¡ay!, todo el mundo la mira.
¡Ay!, yo no sé qué voy a hacer, me tiene loco esa mujer.
Dueña de tí, dueña de qué, ¡ay!, dueña de nada.
Y ya llegaron Orlandito, Samuel, y Ulises,
tus trombones del changüí, Los Intocables.
Porque ha mejorado su vida, si antes estaba perdida.
Y es así la falsa vida de Juana.
Mira que llegaron los, los trombones que más te gustan a tí.
Los trombones del changüí.
Oye, para que tú pides prestado, muchacha, si eso no da nada, no da nada.
Bueno mira tú sabes, Elito, que yo conozco una muchacha,
que se pasa el tiempo pidiendo ropa, ya me tiene cansado.
Así que...
¡Ay!, ¿De qué te vale esa cara linda si le pides al de al lado?
Cambiaste de dirección y te fuiste para otro lado.
Mira si te fuiste para Los Pocitos,
para Los Sitios, para Miramar, El Vedado, Reparto Siboney.
Mira, si dejaste, dejaste una pila de gente embarcado.
Por eso escucha a los trombones ahora,
te van a buscar por La Habana entera..
¡Ay!, mira no le pidas a Rosita.
Si tú lo que te pones, nena, es prestado.
Devuelve, devuelve lo que no es tuyo.
Oye, mira soruyo, soruyo.