| En Mi Viejo San Juan (original) | En Mi Viejo San Juan (translation) |
|---|---|
| En mi viejo San Juan | In my old San Juan |
| Cuantos sueños forjé | How many dreams have I forged? |
| En mis noches de infancia | In my childhood nights |
| Mi primera ilusión | my first illusion |
| Why mis cuitas de amor | Why my cares of love |
| Son recuerdos del alma | They are memories of the soul |
| Una tarde me fuí | One afternoon I left |
| Hacia a extraña nación | To a strange nation |
| Pues lo quiso el destino | Well, fate wanted it |
| Pero mi corazón | but my heart |
| Se quedo frente al mar | I stay in front of the sea |
| En mi viejo San Juan | In my old San Juan |
| Adiós (adiós adiós) | Goodbye (bye bye) |
| Borinquen querida (tierra de mi amor) | Borinquen dear (land of my love) |
| Adios (adios adios) | Goodbye (bye bye) |
| Mi diosa del mar (mi reina del palmar) | My goddess of the sea (my queen of the palm grove) |
| Me voy (ya me voy) | I'm leaving (I'm leaving) |
| Pero un dia volveré | But one day I will return |
| A buscar mi querer | to look for my love |
| A soñar otra vez | to dream again |
| En mi viejo San Juan | In my old San Juan |
| Pero el tiempo pasó | But time passed |
| Why el destino burló | Why fate mocked |
| Mi terrible nostalgia | my terrible nostalgia |
| Why no pude volver | Why I couldn't go back |
| Al San Juan que yo amé | To San Juan that I loved |
| Pedacito de patria | little piece of homeland |
| Mi cabello blanqueó | my hair bleached |
| Why mi vida se va | Why my life is going |
| Ya la muerte me llama | Now death calls me |
| Why no quiero morir | Why I don't want to die |
| Alejado de ti | away from you |
| Puerto Rico del alma | Puerto Rico of the soul |
| Adiós (adiós adiós) | Goodbye (bye bye) |
| Borinquen querida (tierra de mi amor) | Borinquen dear (land of my love) |
| Adiós (adiós adiós) | Goodbye (bye bye) |
| Mi diosa del mar (mi reina del palmar) | My goddess of the sea (my queen of the palm grove) |
| Me voy (ya me voy) | I'm leaving (I'm leaving) |
| Pero un dia volveré | But one day I will return |
| A buscar mi querer | to look for my love |
| A soñar otra vez | to dream again |
| En mi viejo San Juan | In my old San Juan |
