El Viejo San Juan [English translation]

It’s the southern winds that bring me surprises

Seas of smiles that take away the sorrows

A mixture of cultures, may time never stop it

A beautiful journey on the way back home

Back home…

I let myself be enchanted by that colorful land

A clear, magical morning and of a thousand flavors

Natural beauty that their people radiate

Boricua1charm that I keep in my mind

Old San Juan

Old San Juan

Full of rhythm

Old San Juan

Old San Juan

Old San Juan

Full of rhythm

Old San Juan

Old San Juan…

Old San Juan…

A strange force guides me on these paths

And in my luggage, a guitar and a tambourine

With the cuatro2, the güiro3, and the Caribbean requinto4

Joyous harmonies traveling around the whole world

Old San Juan

Old San Juan

Full of rhythm

Old San Juan

Old San Juan

Old San Juan

Full of rhythm

Old San Juan

1. A word used to refer to the people of Puerto Rico or people of Puerto Rican heritage2. A Puerto Rican musical instrument similar to the guitar 3. A percussion instrument played by rubbing a stick along the notches of a hollowed gourd to produce sound 4. A small guitar