Desde hoy, la mi madre la del cuerpo lucido tomeris vos la llaves las del pan i de vino Que yo irme queria a servir buen marido y a ponerle la mesa la del pan y del vino Para hacerle la cama para echarle conmigo y atan y ahora que sea en buena hora y atan atan y a taile que sea un buen simane
From today, my mother the one with the beautiful body take the keys from me the ones for the bread and wine Because I wanted to leave to serve a good husband and set the table for him the one with the bread and wine To make his bed to lie down with him y atan and now may it be at a good hour y atan atan y a taile may it be a good sign
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y3996/11 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 71, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. In this song the bride asks her mother permission to leave in order to serve her new husband in this auspicious hour.
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