Levantaivos, el parido de este buen durce dormido y el kahal esta en la puerta para cerucir al ninio Las que parian los ninios comian los buenos vicios las que parian los ninias comian flacas sardinas de la rabia que tenian pelean con las vicinas
Awake father after a good sleep the congregation is at the door waiting for the circumcision Women who give birth to boys eat better food those who gave birth to girls eat thin sardines from their anger and fight with their neighbors
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y4552/15 Referenced and notated in: Moroccan Sephardic Romancero, pg. 33, Gaon Books, House, 2018 Susana Weich-Shahak. A circumcision song about the father and mother of the newborn. The father is woken as the guests are waiting. Better food is offered to mothers of sons than of daughters.
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