El rey [English translation]

I know very well that I’m on the outs

But on the day I die,

I know you’ll be crying

crying and crying,

crying and crying

You’ll say that you didn’t love me

but you’re going to be so very sad,

and you will remain so

Chorus:

With or without money

I do whatever I want

and whatever I say, goes

I don’t have a throne nor a queen,

nor anybody who understands me

but I still remain the king

A stone in my path,

Revealed to me that my destiny

was to go rolling along,

rolling and rolling,

rolling and rolling

Afterwards, a muleteer (mule driver) told me

It’s not important to arrive first,

but to know how to arrive

With or without money

I do whatever I want

and whatever I say, goes

I don’t have a throne or a queen,

nor anybody who understands me

but I still remain the king

• Artist:José Alfredo Jiménez