En Mi Viejo San Juan

Adiós (adiós adiós)
Borinquen querida
(dueña de mi amor)

Adiós (adiós adiós)
Mi diosa del mar
(mi reina del palmar)

Me voy (ya me voy)
Pero un día volveré
a buscar mi querer
a soñar otra vez
en mi viejo San Juan.

Pero el tiempo pasó
Y el destino burló
Mi terrible nostalgia.
Y no pude volver
Al San Juan que yo amé
Pedacito de Patria.

Mi cabello blanqueó
Ya mi vida se va
Ya la muerte me llama.
Y no quiero morir
Alejado de ti
Puerto Rico del alma.

Adiós ...

In my old San Juan
How many dreams did I forge
during my years of youth.
My first romantic hope
and my many misfortunes in love
are memories deep in my soul.

One day I had to leave
to a foreign land
for destiny so insisted;
But my heart
remained facing the sea
in my old San Juan.

Farewell
my darling Borinquen
(owner of my love)

Farewell
my goddess of the sea
(my queen of the palm trees)

I leave (I must go now)
but someday I will return
to search for my love
to dream once more
in my old San Juan.

But time went by
and destiny deceived
my terrible nostalgia.
And I could not return
to the San Juan that I so loved
my little piece of Homeland.

My hair is thin and gray
My life is passing by
Now death calls upon me.
But I just don't want to die
away from you
Puerto Rico of my soul.

Farewell ...