Below, I translated the lyrics of the song En Barranquilla Me Quedo by Joe Arroyo from Spanish to English.
Vasílalo rumbero
Enjoy it, rumba dancer
Del caribe aflora
From the Caribbean it springs
Bella, encantadora
Beautiful, enchanting
Con mar y rio
With sea and river
Una gran sociedad
A great society
Barranquilla hermosa
Beautiful Barranquilla
Yo te canto ahora
I sing to you now
Con gratitud y amor
With gratitude and love
Del cantor al pueblo que adora
From the singer to the people he adores
A la nobleza y sentir
To the nobility and feeling
De su gente acogedora
Of its welcoming people
A mi patria chiquita
To my little homeland
Que me apoyó
That supported me
Tu nombre pa mi significa
Your name means to me
La esperanza de la vida
The hope of life
Llegue a ti cuando tenia
I came to you when I was
Mis catorce primavera'
My fourteenth spring
Blablabla, blebleble, blobloblo
Blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah
Tomé mi resolución
I made my decision
Que lo sepa todo el mundo
Let the whole world know
Que en Barranquilla me quedo
That in Barranquilla I'm staying
En Barranquilla me quedo
In Barranquilla I'm staying
Me quedo, me quedo, me quedo, me quedo
I'm staying, I'm staying, I'm staying, I'm staying
Me quedo viviendo a lo ñero
I'm staying living like a country bumpkin
Yo te lo juro y no soy cañero bebe
I swear to you and I'm not a sugarcane farmer, baby
En la arenosa me quedo
I'm staying in the sandy city
La mejor tierra antillana
The best Antillean land
Donde la gente es tan grata
Where the people are so kind
Puerta de oro y de la salsa
Golden Gate and of salsa
Pa' mi Dios que yo le pego
For my God, I'll hit
Quien denigre de esta raza
Whoever denigrates this race
Y si a mi me meten preso
And If they put me in jail
Barranquilla a mi me saca, porque
Barranquilla will get me out, because
En tierra firme me quedo
I'm staying on solid ground
Yo lo pregono porque te quiero mujer
I proclaim it because I love you, woman
En la arenosa me quedo
I'm staying in the sandy city
A Barranquilla querida yo le traigo este mambo
To my beloved Barranquilla, I bring this mambo
En Baraquilla me quedo sabroso ahí na más
I'm staying in Barranquilla, nice and happy, right there
Por su mujeres, que linda son sus mujeres
Because of its women, how beautiful its women are
Tierra linda y tropical
Beautiful and tropical land
Te juro que me quedo me quedo a gozar
I swear I'm staying, I'm staying to enjoy myself
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