En Mi Viejo San Juan Lyrics in English Ismael Rivera
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song En Mi Viejo San Juan by Ismael Rivera from Spanish to English.
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En mi viejo San Juan
In my old San Juan
Cuántos sueños forjé
How many dreams I forged
En mis noches de infancia
In my childhood nights
Mi primera ilusión
My first dream
Y mis cuitas de amor
And my love sorrows
Son recuerdos del alma
Are memories of the soul
Una tarde me fui
One afternoon I left
Hacia extraña nación
Towards a foreign nation
Pues lo quiso el destino
For fate willed it
Pero mi corazón
But my heart
Se quedó frente al mar
Stayed facing the sea
En mi viejo San Juan
In my old San Juan
Adiós, adiós, adiós
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Borinquen querida
Beloved Borinquen
Tierra de mi amor
Land of my love
Adiós, adiós, adiós
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Mi diosa del mar
My goddess of the sea
Mi reina del palmar
My queen of the palm grove
Me voy pero un día volveré
I'm leaving but one day I'll return
A buscar mi querer
To seek 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
Y el destino burló
And fate thwarted
Mi terrible nostalgia
My terrible longing
Y no pude volver
And I couldn't return
Al San Juan que yo amé
To the San Juan I loved
Pedacito de patria
Little piece of homeland
Mi cabello blanqueó
My hair whitened
Y mi vida se va
And my life is fading
Ya la muerte me llama
Now death calls me
Y no quiero morir
And I don't want to die
Alejado de ti
Far away from you
Puerto Rico del alma
Puerto Rico of my soul
Adiós, adiós, adiós
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Borinquen querida
Beloved Borinquen
Tierra de mi amor
Land of my love
Adiós, adiós, adiós
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Mi diosa del mar
My goddess of the sea
Mi reina del palmar
My queen of the palm grove
Me voy pero un día volveré
I'm leaving but one day I'll return
A buscar mi querer
To seek my love
A soñar otra vez
To dream again
En mi viejo San Juan
In my old San Juan
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forjé — I forged / I shaped
Forjé comes from the verb forjar, meaning "to forge" or "to shape." It's a strong, evocative word that goes beyond simply "to make" or "to create."
In the song, the lyric "Cuántos sueños forjé" (How many dreams I forged) beautifully conveys the effort and intention the singer put into building his childhood dreams in San Juan. It paints a picture of actively shaping his future and memories, making it a more impactful choice than a common verb.
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