In the beginning In the beginning Al principio Back in nineteen fifty-five Back in nineteen fifty-five allá por 1955 Man didn't know about a rock 'n' roll show Man didn't know about a rock 'n' roll show El hombre no sabía de conciertos de rock and roll And all that jive And all that jive y toda esa movida The white man had the smoltz The white man had the smoltz El hombre blanco tenía el sentimentalismo The black man had the blues The black man had the blues el negro el blues No one knew what they was gonna do No one knew what they was gonna do Nadia sabía lo que iba a hacer But tchaikovsky had the news But tchaikovsky had the news Pero Tchaikovsky dio las noticias He said - He said - dijo "let there be light", and there was light "let there be light", and there was light Que haya sonido, y hubo sonido "let there be sound", and there was sound "let there be sound", and there was sound Que haya luz, y hubo luz "let there be drums", and there was drums "let there be drums", and there was drums Que haya baterías, y hubo baterías "let there be guitar", and there was guitar "let there be guitar", and there was guitar Que haya guitarras, y hubo guitarras "let there be rock" "let there be rock" Que haya rock And it came to pass And it came to pass Y ocurrió That rock 'n' roll was born That rock 'n' roll was born que nació el rock and roll All across the land every rockin' band All across the land every rockin' band Por toda la tierra, cada banda de rock Was blowing up a storm Was blowing up a storm hizo estallar una tormenta The guitarman got famous The guitarman got famous Y el guitarrista se hizo famoso The businessman got rich The businessman got rich los hombre de negocios se hicieron ricos And in every bar there was a super star And in every bar there was a super star Y en todos los bares hubo superestrellas With a seven year itch With a seven year itch con sarna de siete años There were fifteen million fingers There were fifteen million fingers Hubo quince millones de dedos Learning how to play Learning how to play aprendiendo a tocar And you could hear the fingers picking And you could hear the fingers picking Y se podía oír a los dedos puntear And this is what they had to say And this is what they had to say Y esto es lo que tenían que decir "let there be light" "let there be light" Que haya luz "sound" "sound" sonido "drums" "drums" baterías "guitar" "guitar" guitarras "let there be rock" "let there be rock" Que haya rock One night in a club called `the shaking hand' One night in a club called `the shaking hand' Una noche en un club llamado El apretón de manos There was a ninety-two decibel rocking band There was a ninety-two decibel rocking band Hubo una banda de rock a 92 decibelios The music was good and the music was loud The music was good and the music was loud La música era buena y la música sonaba alto And the singer turned and he said to the crowd - And the singer turned and he said to the crowd - Y el cantante se dio la vuelta y dijo a la multitud "let there be rock" "let there be rock" "Que haya rock"