La Dicha Mía
Celia Cruz Johnny Pacheco Lyrics


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Lucky me, to perform in havana
And there, I became a singer of songs
They led me to the great mamboleros
In all of cuba, the toast of the town

Singing at the tropicana
My fantasies finally came true
Imagine, going to new york
Seeing the great ones, in my heart untold

We saw arsenio with his singing bandit
And señor rodríguez, that magical man
I took this earthquake to el barrio,
That hot and from mi gente

Lucky me, I saw my tito
Ay dios mío, el excelente
Listening to my machito, dancing, drinking vino
Machito was for us el latino

He made it up in
It didn't disappoint our
At the ball, with tito puento
Tito puento the king of them all

With tito puente, you'd be so glad to dance
El rey tito puente, at a glance
When tito finished playing
How could anything feel so low

Surprise came tito rodríguez
With his conjunto, to top it all
Bere to tito, that only one
Better for dancing the only one

El señor me dio la dicha (negra)
Con tito puente y cantar con tito rodríguez
(esa dicha me la dio el señor)
Ven a gozar con la dicha, a gozar con la dicha
(esa dicha me la dio el señor)

(esa dicha me la dio el señor)
Ay yo le canto




(esa dicha me la dio el señor)
Y al que dios se lo dio san pedro se lo bendiga

Overall Meaning

In these lyrics, the singer is expressing their gratitude and joy about their success in the music industry in Cuba and the United States. They talk about starting off as a singer of songs in Havana and being introduced to the great mamboleros (mambo musicians) in Cuba, who hailed the singer as the toast of the town. They then describe their excitement about finally performing at the Tropicana in Havana and then going to New York, where they got to see great musicians such as Arsenio Rodriguez, Tito Puente, and Machito, who they call "el latino." The singer exclaims that they feel lucky and blessed to have had the opportunity to perform with Tito Puente and sing with Tito Rodriguez.


Line by Line Meaning

Lucky me, to perform in havana
I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to perform in Havana


And there, I became a singer of songs
While in Havana, I became a singer of songs


They led me to the great mamboleros
I was introduced to the great mamboleros in the area


In all of cuba, the toast of the town
I became quite popular in all of Cuba


Singing at the tropicana
I had the pleasure of singing at the Tropicana nightclub


My fantasies finally came true
I finally achieved my lifelong dreams


Imagine, going to new york
I could hardly imagine going to New York


Seeing the great ones, in my heart untold
I finally got to see my idols, something I couldn't have imagined


We saw arsenio with his singing bandit
We had the pleasure of seeing Arsenio with his band


And señor rodríguez, that magical man
We also got to see the magical man, Señor Rodríguez


I took this earthquake to el barrio,
I took my talent to the El Barrio neighborhood in New York City


That hot and from mi gente
The people of El Barrio were passionate and welcoming


Lucky me, I saw my tito
I was lucky enough to see my friend Tito


Ay dios mío, el excelente
My goodness, he was amazing


Listening to my machito, dancing, drinking vino
We listened to Machito while dancing and drinking wine


Machito was for us el latino
Machito was the king of the Latin music scene for us


He made it up in
He never disappointed us


It didn't disappoint our
It never let us down


At the ball, with tito puento
We danced the night away with Tito Puente


Tito puento the king of them all
Tito Puente was the undisputed king of the Latin music scene


With tito puente, you'd be so glad to dance
Dancing with Tito Puente was always an incredible experience


El rey tito puente, at a glance
Tito Puente was the king of Latin music, just by looking at him


When tito finished playing
When Tito finished playing his music


How could anything feel so low
Nothing else could make us feel as good as his music did


Surprise came tito rodríguez
Tito Rodríguez surprised us


With his conjunto, to top it all
He brought his band with him, which made it even better


Bere to tito, that only one
We danced to Tito's music, there was no one else like him


Better for dancing the only one
There was no one better than Tito Puente for dancing


El señor me dio la dicha (negra)
The Lord blessed me with happiness, despite the hardships I have faced in life


Con tito puente y cantar con tito rodríguez
With Tito Puente and singing with Tito Rodríguez


(esa dicha me la dio el señor)
(The Lord gave me this happiness)


Ven a gozar con la dicha, a gozar con la dicha
Come and enjoy the happiness, enjoy the happiness


Ay yo le canto
I sing to Him


Y al que dios se lo dio san pedro se lo bendiga
And may he bless whoever God has given blessings to




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JOHNNY PACHECO

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@neldadon

🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Cuba / Dominicana / PR
NATIVO DE LA
🇩🇴REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA 🇩🇴
El Padre de la SALSA.
JOHNNY PACHECO👈✊💪👂
🎨🎼🎞🎚🎶🎤📽🗽🌆
es una institución en la música latina, en todo sentido, a menudo llamado el padre de la SALSA debido a su técnica
Unica y Creativa.
Su colaboración con
🇨🇺Celia Cruz , 🇵🇷pete conde Rodriguez
y la creación de la banda
"Fania All-Stars"
fue pionera en nuevos sonidos para el género y cruzó barreras culturales en todo el mundo.



All comments from YouTube:

@edderdavila4036

La eterna Celia Cruz ,la guarachera del mundo ,de cuba para el mundo ,saludos desde mi Perú🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪

@gustavosaldarriaga9795

Qu par de ARTISTAS DIOS TE AS LLEVADO PACHECO como director y esa inigualable CELIA CARIDAD❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ CRUZ❤❤❤❤

@gustavosaldarriaga9795

GRACIAS DIOS por la oportunidad de escuchar atan buena orquesta dirijida por tan buen mucico y a esa gran cantante DIOS DALES EL DESCANSO ETERNO❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@gustavosaldarriaga9795

DIOS le dio una gran vos esa ceñora es inigualable e. Inimitable DIOS Dale la GLORIA ETERNA❤❤❤❤❤

@gustavosaldarriaga9795

Esa ceñora y ese director de esa gran orquesta son o fueron fuera de serie era una gran CANTANTE es inimitable y ese director de orquesta que dupla censillamemte espectaculares que DIOS LES DE EL DESCANS ❤❤❤❤O ETERNO❤❤❤❤❤❤

@rafaelcherigocastrellon240

Hay niveles de artistas ....esta señora es el referente así de sencillo ....no se puede hablar de guaracha y rumba sin mencionarla....señora artista .....azucarrrrrr

@jorgemena7891

PERU....He tenido la dicha de escuchar a la señora Celia en la feria del Hogar LIMA - PERU espectáculos de espectáculos no hay otra ...

@Arsendo71

Que bella mi negra como hace falta está música señor como nos cagaron la vida con ese regaetton viva la salsa y será lo mejor que ha pasado por este mundo la.salsa Celia pacheco el conde etc etc

@caridadfiallo7651

Celia qué grande fuiste! Cómo tú ninguna, ni en mil años naces otra cómo tú! Una Dominicana que te adoraba Yo!!

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