Preciosa Puerto Rico

I know what the charms are
of my beautiful Borinquen
that's why I love her so much
I will always call her precious

I know about her brunette women
I know the smell of her roses
that's why to my rich land
I will always call her precious

Caribbean island, (Caribbean island)
Borinquen, they call you precious
the waves of the sea that bathe you
precious for being a charm,
for being a paradise, and you have the noble
gallantry of mother Spain
and the fierce song, of the wild Indian
you have it too, precious they call you
the waves that sing your history,
it doesn't matter the tyrant treats you
with black evil
you will be precious without a flag, without laurels, nor glory
precious, precious they call you the children of liberty..

precious they call the neighborhoods that sing your history
it doesn't matter the tyrant treats you with black evil
you will be precious without a flag, without laurels, nor glory oohh
precious, precious they call you the chiiildren of liiiberty..

chorus
precious I carry you inside
deep inside my heart
and as time goes by
my love pours into you
because now I understand,
because now I understand
that no matter what happens
I will be Puerto Rican
I will be Puerto Rican
wherever I go oooohh oohhh
because I carry it in my blood, by inheritance from my parents
and with pride I repeat