
Vicente Fernández
El Rey lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1974
- Length
- 4:00
Yo sé bien que estoy afuera
I know well that I am outside
Pero el día que yo me muera
But the day I die
Sé que tendrás que llorar
I know you will have to cry
(Llorar y llorar, llorar y llorar)
(Cry and cry, cry and cry)
Dirás que no me quisiste
You'll say you never loved me
Pero vas a estar muy triste
But you'll be very sad
Y así te me vas a quedar
And that's how you'll stay
Con dinero y sin dinero
With money and without money
Hago siempre lo que quiero
I always do what I want
Y su palabra es mi ley
And their word is my law
No tengo trono ni reina
I have no throne or queen
Ni nadie quien me comprenda
Nor anyone who understands me
Pero sigo siendo el rey
But I still am the king
Una piedra en el camino
A stone on the path
Me enseñó que mi destino
Taught me that my destiny
Era rodar y rodar
Was to roll and roll
(Rodar y rodar, rodar y rodar)
(Roll and roll, roll and roll)
Después me dijo un arriero
Then a muleteer told me
Que no hay que llegar primero
That you don't have to arrive first
Pero hay que saber llegar
But you must know how to arrive
Con dinero y sin dinero
With money and without money
(Hago siempre lo que quiero)
(I always do what I want)
(Y su palabra es mi ley)
(And their word is my law)
No tengo trono ni reina
I have no throne or queen
Ni nadie quien me comprenda
Nor anyone who understands me
Pero sigo siendo el rey
But I keep being the king
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Key vocabulary
- estoy
- I amA2
- afuera
- outsideB2
- muera
- dieB2
- tendrás
- you will haveB1
- llorar
- cryB1
- dirás
- you will say
- quisiste
- you wanted
- palabra
- wordB1
- ley
- lawB1
- trono
- throneB1
About this song
Vicente Fernández was a Mexican ranchera singer born in Jalisco in 1940, known for a decades-long career across radio, television, film, and live concerts. He became a defining voice for the charro tradition and for emotionally direct interpretations of heartbreak songs.