El Rey [English translation]

I'm aware that I'm out,

but the day that I die

I know you'll cry.

(to cry, and cry,

to cry, and cry)

You'll say that you didn't love me,

but you're going to be very sad,

and that's how you'll stay.

With money and without money,

I always do what I want,

and my word is the law.

I don't have a throne, nor a queen,

nor anyone who understands me,

but I'm still the king.

A rock on the road

taught me that my destiny

was to keep rolling and rolling1.

(to roll, to roll,

to roll, to roll)

Also, a mule driver told me

that it isn't important to arrive first,

it's better to know how to arrive.

With money and without money,

I always do what I want,

and my word is the law.

I don't have a throne, nor a queen,

nor anyone who understands me,

but I'm still the king.

1. It can also be translated as roaming or wandering.

• Artist:Vicente Fernández