En Mi Viejo San Juan

In my old San Juan
How many dreams I forged
In my childhood nights
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
Land of my love
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
My goddess of the sea
My queen of the palm grove

I go but one day I will return
To seek my love
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
And my life goes on
Death is already calling me
And I don't want to die
Away from you
Puerto Rico of the soul

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Beloved Borinquen
Land of my love
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
My goddess of the sea
My queen of the palm grove

I go but one day I will return
To seek my love
To dream again
In my old San Juan