Borincana

Your lonely star, your lonely star.
With pins of struggle
it's being pinned to your skin
and it's the duty of the Boricua
to give heart and hands
so it doesn't shine
like just another one in another flag

Borinquen, blue of your Caribbean sea
and a feeling that lives
south of this continent
Borinquen, comet with a long tail
if today your orange is bitter
it will sweeten in hope
Say it however you want,
but as long as you dream it
that your hope is multiplied
in the Latin American drizzle
that will wet the free towns.

They have taken your tongue
Borinquen, Borincana
but they won't be able to take away
your tomorrow too.
Between the Sun and the Moon
his body fell
but not the thought of Alvizu Campos.

I know that one day
the blue Antillean sea and ours
will arrive singing to your sands
then it will take away
forever your chains
link by link, Borinquen
your complaint will go away.

Then you will open
your beautiful Boricua mouth
and you will sing your anthem conceived
in your guitar belly.
A sonorous and transparent song
when your Castilian tongue
grows back again.

They have taken your tongue
Borinquen, Borincana
but they won't be able to take away
your tomorrow too.
Between the Sun and the Moon
his body fell
but not the thought of Alvizu Campos.

A jibarito on horseback
and a cockfight
singing in the early morning
a song for three that breaks my soul
Your jibarito on horseback...