Strum, pluck, strumming

Smoothly as cool water

Pools and pours forth

From a rounded gourd.

Pluck, strum, plucking

Quickly as warm droplets

Strike and swarm down

From a sudden cloud.

Toca, canta, tocando

Suavemente soñando hoy

El ritmo borinqueño,

El jíbaro del alma.