(Verse 1)

Shadow escapes the sun into the narrow streets of the barrio,

The air shimmers with heat, smelling of coffee and magic.

Your footsteps on the cobblestones have the rhythm of an ancient curse,

When you look at me with your black and deep gaze.

A lost moon gleams in your earrings,

I know that this one dance will conquer all today.

(Chorus)

Oye, play it on the strings, let the night burn,

Fuego en el alma, can you feel this wild power?

This rhythm carries us through fire and rain,

When the guitar cries, you know perfectly well...

Oye, mira, how our world dances!

(Verse 2)

The touch of hands on the drumheads awakens sleeping gods,

The Cuban drum screams, old roads are lost.

Don't ask about tomorrow, tomorrow is just an illusion,

Now there's only this sweat, this movement, and this sound.

Words lose their meaning when the body speaks,

This melody, like a river in our veins, orders...

Another sip of night.

(Chorus)

Oye, play it on the strings, let the night burn,

Fuego en el alma, can you feel this wild power?

This rhythm carries us through fire and rain,

When the guitar cries, you know perfectly well...

Oye, mira, how our world dances!

(Guitar Solo – Part 1: Smooth, melodic lines flow into expressive high-pitched string bends. The guitar literally "talks" to the percussion section, building tension and lulling the listener into a trance-like state.)

(Bridge)

(Background choruses, sung with Latin passion:)

"Siente el ritmo, siente el calor..."

"Baila, baila, por el amor..."

(Lead Vocalist:)

When I close my eyes, I see freedom and smoke,

We are just an echo, but pure and alive.

Let a stream of light flood my aching heart,

"In this holy rhythm, I need nothing more!" (Percussion solo / Hammond organ solo: A frantic dialogue of timbales and swirling Leslie notes from the organ, raising the song's pulse to its limits.)

(Chorus)

Oye, play it on the strings, let the night burn,

Fuego en el alma, can you feel this wild power?

This is the rhythm that carries us through fire and rain,

When the guitar cries, you know perfectly well...

Oye, mira, how our world dances!

(Outro / Ending)

(The guitar improvises, playing fast, repetitive, hypnotic phrases. The rhythm doesn't slow down, it becomes even more ecstatic. The backing vocals repeat over and over:)

Fuego en el alma...

Siente el ritmo...

Live in this fire...

(The vocalist utters expressive cries:)

¡Eso es! ¡Vaya!

Play, let this night never end...

(The song ends with a powerful, unified strum of the entire section on a D minor chord, accompanied by a long, fading guitar feedback.)