LEARN LYRICS

I know what the charms are

Of my beautiful Borinquen

That's why I love her so much

I'll call her 'Precious' forever

I know about her tawny women

I know the scent of her roses

That's why, to my Puerto Rican land

I'll call her 'Precious' forever

Island of the Caribbean

Island of the Caribbean

Borinquen

Precious, the waves call you

Of the sea that bathes you

Precious for being a charm

For being an Eden

And you have the noble gentility

Of mother Spain

And the fierce cry of the brave Indian

You have it too

Precious, the bards call you

That sing your history

It doesn't matter that the tyrant treats you

With dark evil

Precious you'll be without a flag

Without laurels or glory

Precious, precious

The sons of liberty call you

Precious, the bards call you

That sing your history

It doesn't matter that the tyrant treats you

With dark evil

Precious you'll be without a flag

Without laurels or glory

The sons of liberty call you

Precious, I carry you inside

Deep inside my heart

And the more time goes by

My love pours into you

Because now is when I understand

Because now is when I understand

That no matter what happens

I will be Puerto Rican

I will be Puerto Rican

Wherever I may walk

Because I carry it in my blood

By inheritance from my parents

And with pride I repeat

I love you, Puerto Rico

I love you, Puerto Rico

And that's why it springs up in me today

To dedicate this song

To that noble jíbaro Raphael

And to my island of enchantment

I love you, Puerto Rico

I love you, Puerto Rico