En Mi Viejo San Juan

In my old San Juan
How many dreams I forged
In my childhood years
My first illusion
And my love sorrows
Are memories of the soul

One afternoon I left
Towards a strange nation
As destiny wanted
But my heart
Stayed by the sea
In my old San Juan

Goodbye
Goodbye goodbye
Beloved Borinquen
Queen of the palm grove
Goodbye
Goodbye goodbye
My goddess of the sea
Queen of my love
I'm leaving
I'm leaving now
But one day I will return
To seek my love
To seek my love
To dream again
To dream again
In my old San Juan

But time passed
And destiny mocked
My terrible nostalgia
And I couldn't return
To the San Juan I loved
A piece of homeland

My hair turned white
My life is fading
Death is calling me
And I don't want to die
Away from you
Puerto Rico of the soul

Beloved Borinquen
Queen of the palm grove
Goodbye
Goodbye goodbye
My goddess of the sea
Queen of my love
I'm leaving
I'm leaving now
But one day I will return
To seek my love
To seek my love
To dream again
To dream again
In my old San Juan