Y en eso llegó Fidel [English translation]

Here they wanted to continue

taking everything for them, 1

having luxurious houses, 2

and making people suffer.

And continuing in a cruel way

to conspire against the people

to continue exploiting them...

and then Fidel arrived.

The fun was over,

El Comandante came

and ordered them to stop. (encore)

Here they wanted to continue,

swallowing and swallowing the land, 3

not suspecting that in Sierra Maestra

the future was born.

And continuing in a cruel way

the custom of crime

to turn Cuba into a gambling den...

and then Fidel arrived.

The fun was over,

El Comandante came

and ordered them to stop. (encore)

Here they wanted to continue,

saying that vicious

fugitive bandits

were devastating the country.

And continuing in a cruel way

with disgrace as their shield,

to defame bearded people...

and then Fidel arrived.

The fun was over,

El Comandante came

and ordered them to stop. (encore)

Here they wanted to continue

pretending to be democrats, 4

and people would just die

in their misery.

And continuing in a cruel way,

not caring how it was done,

with robbery as a rule...

and then Fidel arrived.

The fun was over,

El Comandante came

and ordered them to stop. (encore)

1. Literally: "Earning one hundred percent"2. Literally: "with apartment houses".3. It's also an idiom, meaning: "being in real trouble", though here I think it should be translated literally.4. Or: "Playing a role of democrats".

• Artist:Carlos Puebla