No Hay Cama Pa´ Tanta Gente

There's No Room for So Many People

No Hay Cama Pa´ Tanta Gente

At Christmas I was invitedEn Navidad fui invitado
To Tabín's house for a tremendous feast that, he said, he had preparedA la casa de Tabín para un tremendo festín que, dijo, había preparado
Pérez Prado arrived there, listenAllí llegó Pérez Prado, oiga
The guaracheros of the EastLos guaracheros de Oriente
The party was hotLa fiesta estaba caliente
Johnny El Men was almost asleep and Edimiro told himJohnny El Men casi dormía y Edimiro le decía
There is no bed for so many peopleNo hay cama pa' tanta gente

I saw the great Combo arrivingVi al gran Combo que llegaba
And Ramito the tall one, further back Johnny VenturaY a Ramito el de la altura, más atrás Johnny Ventura
I was chatting with Yayo the IndianCon Yayo el Indio charlaba
Roberto Torres wasRoberto Torres estaba
With Javier Vasque' and his peopleCon Javier Vasque' y su gente
And Ralph Mercado suddenlyY Ralph Mercado de repente
He tried to turn off the light, but Celia Cruz screamedIntentó apagar la luz, pero gritó Celia Cruz
There is no bed, for so many peopleNo hay cama, pa' tanta gente

Go out, go to the streetPa' fuera, pa' la calle
Go out, go to the streetPa' fuera, pa' la calle
Go out, go to the streetPa' fuera, pa' la calle
Go out, go to the streetPa' fuera, pa' la calle

Willie Rosario and his orchestraWillie Rosario y su orquesta
The sauce wanted to start and Hector Lavoe arrivedLa salsa quería empezar y Hector Lavoe al llegar
Late, he found that La SelectaTarde, encontró que La Selecta
She was already readyYa se encontraba dispuesta
To brighten the atmospherePara alegrar el ambiente
And in a corner Tito PuenteY en una esquina Tito Puente
He began to blink and Celia shouted again: 'Azúca'!Empezaba a pestañear y volvió Celia a gritar: ¡Azúca'!
There is no bed for so many peopleNo hay cama pa' tanta gente

Audilio next to the GallitoAudilio junto al Gallito
I saw them sit down at the table and Daniel Santos gillao, took a sip of rumLos vi en la mesa sentaos y Daniel Santos gillao, de ron se daba un traguito
Tabin' taba gobballTabin 'taba jalaíto
And so he said quicklyY así dijo prontamente
Hey Máchuchal, give me those peopleOye Máchuchal, dámele a esa gente
A cup of black coffee and everyone goes homeDe café negro una taza y todo el mundo pa' su casa
There is no bed for so many peopleNo hay cama pa' tanta gente

Go out, go to the streetPa'fuera, pa' la calle
Look there he goes, this one, Juama, José Estévez, Papo Sánchez (out, out, into the street) (out, out into the street)Mira ahí se va, este, Juama, José Estévez, Papo Sánchez (pa' fuera, pa' la calle) (pa' fuera, pa' la calle)
Go out, go to the streetPa'fuera, pa' la calle

Throw them down because they are a danger aboveTírenlos pa'bajo que son un peligro arriba
The piglet's hands are filled and then they are cleaned with the curtain and that is whySe llenan las manos del lechón después se limpian con la cortina y por eso
Throw them down because they are a danger aboveTírenlos pa'bajo que son un peligro arriba

There, there they go into the bathroom and leave it as a swimming pool. You see!Allá, allá se meten al baño y te lo dejan como piscina. ¡Tú ves!
Throw them down because they are a danger aboveTírenlos pa'bajo que son un peligro arriba
They get angry and drink and get sick and then they tell you: Lady, you have aspirinSe jaltan y beben y se enferman después te dicen: Señora, tiene aspirina

Throw them down because they are a danger aboveTírenlos pa'bajo que son un peligro arriba
That troll (hey!) is dangerous (hey!)Esa trulla (¡eh!) es peligrosa (¡eh!)
Go out, go to the streetPa'fuera, pa' la calle
Throw them down because they are a danger aboveTírenlos pa'bajo que son un peligro arriba

Listen to the velda' with those people there is no one who canOye la velda' con esa gente no hay quien pueda
Hey, they're a threatOye, son una amenaza