- Bueno así viva la consuegra ¿que es lo que le dió a su hija? nada no le dio a su hija. - Ya le dí sieti chintianes Que se troki cada tadre - Bueno así viva … - Ya le dí sieti camisas uno para cada dia - Bueno así viva … - Yo ya le di yerdan de perlas, que se pase con su suegra. - Bueno así viva... - Yo ya le di habas quemadas, que se pase con las cuñadas. - Bueno así viva... cualo le dio a su hijo nada le dio a su hijo - Bueno así viva la consuegra ¿que es lo que le dió a su hijo? nada no le dio a su hijo. - Ya le di un mancebico sin barba y sin mustachico.
- Well, long live the mother-in-law! What did you give your daughter? Nothing you gave your daughter. - I gave her seven long pants, one for each evening - Well, long live... - I gave her seven shirts, one for each day. - Well, long live... - I already gave her a pearl necklace, to enjoy with her mother-in-law. - Well, long live... - I already gave her burnt coffee beans, so she can spend time with her sisters-in-law. - Well, long live... what did she give to her son she gave nothing to her son - Well, long live the mother-in-law! What did you give your son? Nothing you gave your son. - I already gave her a young man without a beard or mustache.
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement:Y5996a/33 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 195, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. A debate between the two mothers in law, the groom's mother is criticizing the dowry prepared for the bride: "What did you give your daughter? Nothing, you didn't give your daughter anything." The bride's mother replies: "I gave her seven shirts, one for each day." etc. At the end of the song the accusation is reversed, the mother of the bride asks the mother of the groom: What did you give your son (meaning, what has he contributed to the match) to which the grooms mother answers: I gave her (the bride) a young man (with no beard or mustache), implying that he is the actual prize for the bride, and nothing more needs to be given.
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