- Abrímes, galanica, que ya va a amanecer. - Abrir yo vos abro, me lindo amor, la noche yo no durmo pensando en vos. - Mi padre sta meldando, si mos sienterá. - Tomalde el livrico, si se echará, amatalde la candelica, si se durmirá. - Mi madre sta cusiendo, si mos sienterá. - Pedrelde la algujica, si se echará, amatalde la candelica, si se durmirá. - Mi hermano sta scribiendo, si mos sienterá. - Robalde la scrivanía, si se echará, amatalde la candelica, si se durmirá
– Open (the door) to me, my beauty, for it's almost dawn. – Open to you I shall, my handsome love, I don't sleep at night thinking of you. – My father is reading, he may hear us. – Take away his book, he’ll lie down, blow out his candle, he’ll fall asleep. – My mother is sewing, she may hear us. – Drop her needle, she’ll lie down, blow out her candle, she’ll fall asleep. – My brother is writing, he may hear us. – Steal away the pen, he’ll lie down, blow out his candle, he’ll fall asleep.
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 2774/18 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 169, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is nocturnal love song of tenderness and stealth, where the young lover pleads to be let in before dawn, while the girl worries about her family overhearing them.
This website was created by Orit Perlman with the collaboration and blessings of Dr. Susana Weich-Shahak in 2025