“Feliz Cumpleaños” — Happy Birthday Song in Spanish for Kids

In “Feliz Cumpleaños” (Happy Birthday), kids sing key Spanish words like cumpleaños, feliz, pastel and regalo, sung mostly in Spanish, with a few English lines to anchor the meaning. It's a next-step (A2) song from Unit 15: Celebrations, 2:07 long, made for ages 2–8.

🇪🇸 Spanish
Level: A2
Unit 15 · Días Especiales
⏱ 2:07
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“Feliz Cumpleaños” lyrics with English translation

Every line as it's sung, with its meaning beside it. Spanish is shown in teal.

Song lyrics with translation. Spanish lines are shown in teal.
Sung	Meaning
Feliz cumpleaños, one by one.
Birthday means cumpleaños.
Feliz, feliz, hooray, hooray.
Pastel for everyone at the hall.
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!
Cake, cake, pastel.
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!
Repeat after me.	Repite conmigo.
Cumpleaños.	Birthday.
Feliz.	Happy.
Pastel.	Cake.
Regalo.	Gift.
Tengo un regalo.	I have a gift.
Comemos pastel.	We eat cake.
What do you say?	¿Qué dices?
It is for you.	Es para ti.
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!
Cake, cake, pastel.
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!
One more word.	Una palabra más.
Fiesta.	Party.
Amigo.	Friend.
Sonrisa.	Smile.
Now sing it loud.	Ahora cántalo fuerte.
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!
Cake, cake, pastel.
¡Feliz cumpleaños!	Happy birthday!

Key Spanish words in this song

The 4 words and phrases this song is built around.

Spanish	English
cumpleaños	birthday
feliz	happy
pastel	cake
regalo	gift

How to use this song with your child

1
Listen for “feliz”
“feliz” (happy) is sung on 12 lines of this song. Ask your child to clap or raise a hand every time they hear it; by the end they will be saying it with the song.
2
Read the meaning first
Most of this song is sung in Spanish. Skim the translation column below before you listen, then listen once without looking. Kids catch more than you'd expect when they already know what it's about.
3
Make it a routine
At 2:07, play it once a day at the same moment for a week. Sing it to a teddy bear at a pretend party, candles and all.