Por Si Acaso No Regreso
Celia Cruz
In Case I Don't Return
In case I don't return
I'll take your flag with me
Regretting that my eyes
Liberated didn't see you
Because I had to leave
Everyone can understand
I thought that at any moment
I would return to your land
But time keeps passing
And your Sun keeps crying
The chains keep binding
But I keep waiting
And praying to the sky
And I always felt blessed
To have been born in your arms
And even though I'm not there anymore
I leave a piece of my heart with you
Just in case
In case I don't return
The moment will soon come
When the suffering will fade
We will keep grudges - My God
And we will all share
The same feeling
Even though time has passed
With pride and dignity
I have carried your name
To the whole world
I have told your truth
But, land, don't suffer anymore
Heart, don't break
No evil lasts a hundred years
Nor a body endures
And I never wanted to leave you
I carried you with every step
And my love will remain
Forever like a flower in your embrace
Just in case
In case I don't return
And if I don't return
The pain will kill me
And if I don't go back to my land
I will die of pain
And if I don't return
The pain will kill me
I adore that land
With all my heart
And if I don't return
The pain will kill me
My land, beautiful land
I love you with love
And if I don't return
The pain will kill me
So long without seeing her
My heart hurts
And if I don't return
When I die
Place my flag on my grave
And if I don't return
And bury me with the music
Of my beloved land
And if I don't return
If I don't return, remember
That I loved her with my life
And if I don't return
Oh, the pain will kill me
I'm already dying
The pain will kill me
The pain will kill me
The pain will kill me
Oh, that pain is already killing me
The pain will kill me
I always loved you and will love you
The pain will kill me
The pain will kill me, the pain will kill me
The pain will kill me
If I don't return to that land
My heart hurts