Cuando Ester la reina vistióse de reinar Ahashverosh potente le vino a demandar hermosa, graciosa, el mas que sol brillosa, la dice el rey: - qué quieres,Señora de Israel Cuando Hamán, el malo, pensó de aniquilar a Israel amado en resh hodesh de Adar: lo hizo, con riso, probó la horca que hizo, Hamán y sus diez hijos, enemigos de Israel.
When Queen Ester dressed herself in royal finery
powerful Ahashverosh came to seek her,
beautiful, graceful,
more radiant than the sun,
the king said to her - What do you wish, Lady of Israel? When Haman, the wicked, planned to annihilate
beloved Israel on the first of Adar,
he did it with laughter,
he tested the gallows he had made Haman and his ten sons, enemies of Israel.
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5773 This copla is typical of the Sephardic repertoire of northern Morocco. Its theme is the figure of Queen Esther, whose intelligence and beauty convinced King Ahasuerus to save the Jews of Persia whom the evil Haman wanted to destroy.
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