Y arrelumbre y arrelumbre y arrelumbre tu, mazale como arrelumbra esta novia delante de todo el kahale La novia destrenza el pelo se desmaya el caballero la novia de la rosa blanca donde el novio se resmirara Arrelumbre y arrelumbre arrelumbre tu, mazale como arrelumbra Carmela delante de todo el kahale
And shine and shine
and shine you, good fortune,
as this bride shines
before all the community. The bride unbraids her hair,
the gentleman faints,
the bride of the white rose
where the groom will gaze at her. Shine and shine,
shine you, good fortune,
as Carmela shines
before all the community.
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 2186/8 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 63, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. This North Moroccan wedding song, celebrates the beauty, fortune, and joy of the bride, and is typically sung with a continual rhythm accompanied by a single castanet and often followed consecutively with other wedding songs in the same rhythm.
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