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Decia el aguadero

Decia el aguadero

Lyrics

Decia el aguadero
y arriba, prima
Ahi esta una fuente
de agua fria
Mujer ke de eya bebe
al anio es parida

Decia el aguadero
y arriba, hermana 
Ahi esta una fuente
de agua clara
Mujer que de ella bebe
al anio es preniada

Translation

The water bearer says
come, cousin
There is a fountain
of cold water
A woman who drinks from it
will give birth in a year

The water bearer says
come, sister
There is a fountain
of clear water
A woman who drinks from it
will become pregnant in a year

Description

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y4552/13
Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 57, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak.

This song refers to fertility, it tells about  a miraculous well of clear, cold water, and woman who drinks of it will become pregnant.

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