En Mi Viejo San Juan

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

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

Goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)
Beloved Borinquen
(Mistress of my love)
Goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)
My goddess of the sea
(My queen of the palm grove)
I'm leaving (I'm leaving now)
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 that I loved
A piece of homeland

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