Yo hanina y tú hanino, mos tomaremos los dos, los hijicos que mos nacen, amán, como la luna y el sol. Muchas gracias, mancebico, que mandates corridor, muchas liras me demandas, amán, no m'aceta mi señor.
I am graceful, you are graceful
we will both take
the children that will be born to us,
aman,
like the moon and the sun.
thank you young man
that you sent the matchmaker
you ask for much money
aman
and my father does not accept
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5671/25 A love song sung by the suitor in which he is rejected, possibly with the excuse of asking for too high a dowry from her father.
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