Trio Vegabajeño was a legendary Puerto Rican popular music trio that existe… Read Full Bio ↴Trio Vegabajeño was a legendary Puerto Rican popular music trio that existed from 1943 to the early 80s. This group marked an era of popular music in Puerto Rico. When trios were very popular in the Americas, Trio Vegabajeño was considered the ambassadors from Puerto Rico.

Their song "Cantares de Navidad" was featured as the last song of Bad Bunny's album El Último Tour Del Mundo.

En Mi Viejo San Juan
Trio Vegabajeño Lyrics

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En mi viejo san juan
cuantos sueños forjé
en mis noches de infancia
mi primera ilusión
y mis cuitas de amor
son recuerdos del alma
Una tarde me fuí
hacia a extraña nación

pues lo quiso el destino
pero mi corazón
se quedo frente al mar
en mi viejo san juan
Adiós (adiós adiós)
borinquen querida (tierra de mi amor)
adios (adios adios)
mi diosa del mar (mi reina del palmar)
me voy (ya me voy)
pero un dia volveré
a buscar mi querer
a soñar otra vez
en mi viejo san juan
Pero el tiempo pasó
y el destino burló
mi terrible nostalgia
y no pude volver
al san juan que yo amé
pedacito de patria
mi cabello blanqueó
y mi vida se va
ya la muerte me llama
y no quiero morir
alejado de ti
puerto rico del alma
Adiós (adiós adiós)
borinquen querida (tierra de mi amor)
adiós (adiós adiós)
mi diosa del mar (mi reina del palmar)
me voy (ya me voy)
pero un dia volveré
a buscar mi querer

a soñar otra vez
en mi viejo san juan

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Trio Vegabajeño's song En Mi Viejo San Juan depict the deep emotional connection the singer has to his childhood memories of San Juan. The singer reminisces about the dreams he built and the first love he experienced during his childhood in San Juan. He is filled with nostalgia and deep longing for his first love and the land he calls his own.

Despite leaving San Juan for a strange land, the singer's heart remains in Puerto Rico. He expresses the desire to return to his old life, his old love and to relive his childhood dreams once again in his old San Juan. However, the passage of time and the cruel turns of destiny have prevented him from returning to his beloved San Juan. The singer is now an old man, his hair has turned gray, and death is close, but he does not want to die far away from his beloved land, Puerto Rico.

Overall, the lyrics evoke strong emotions of longing, nostalgia and deep attachment to one's homeland. The song is a tribute to San Juan and Puerto Rico, and an ode to homesickness and the yearning to return home.

Line by Line Meaning

En mi viejo san juan
In my old San Juan

cuantos sueños forjé
How many dreams I forged

en mis noches de infancia
In my childhood nights

mi primera ilusión
My first illusion

y mis cuitas de amor
And my love problems

son recuerdos del alma
Are memories of the soul

Una tarde me fuí
One afternoon, I left

hacia a extraña nación
Towards a strange nation

pues lo quiso el destino
Because destiny wanted it

pero mi corazón
But my heart

se quedo frente al mar
Stayed in front of the sea