En Mi Viejo San Juan
by Sandra Pena de Ortiz
Title
En Mi Viejo San Juan
Artist
Sandra Pena de Ortiz
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
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The artist's photographic of the sentiment in "En Mi Viejo San Juan" (In My Old San Juan), a song composed by Noel Estrada Suarez in 1943 and famous all over the world, which speaks about the longing any local Puerto Rican feels when departing their precious island of enchantment. According to the National Foundation of Popular Culture in Puerto Rico, "En Mi Viejo San Juan" was first recorded in 1943 by "El Tr�o Vagabajeno". Estrada composed the song because his brother, who was stationed in Panam� as a member of the US National Forces during World World II, asked him to write a song that he could use to share with his friends to express his deep feeling of longing and nostalgia for San Juan, Puerto Rico. The result: "En Mi Viejo San Juan" became the anthem of all absent Puerto Ricans, of all those Puerto Ricans living away from the Island of Enchantment. The lyrics are bellow!
"En mi viejo San Juan/ Cuantos sue~nos forje/ En mis noches de infancia/ Mi primera ilusion/ Y mis quitas de amor/ Son recuerdos del alma/ Una tarde me fui/ Hacia extra~na nacion/ Pues lo quiso el destino/ Pero mi corazon/ Se quedo frente al mar/ En mi viejo San Juan/
Adios (adios, adios)/ Borinquen querida/ (Due~na de mi amor)/ Adios (adios, adios)/ Mi diosa del mar/ (Mi reina del palmar)/ Me voy (ya me voy)/ Pero un dia volvere/ A buscar mi querer/ A so~nar otra vez/ En mi viejo San Juan
Pero el tiempo paso/ Y el destino burlo/ Mi terrible nostalgia/ Y no pude volver/
Al San Juan que yo ame/ Pedacito de patria/ Mi cabello blanqueo/ Ya mi vida se va/ Ya la muerte me llama/ Y no quiero morir/ Alejado de ti, Puerto Rico del alma, adios"
The photograph of one of the garitas near El Morro was manipulated and enhanced with GIMP.
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August 14th, 2013
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