Ahí, ahí, a los campos vedres, casó la linda con todos sus parientes, yo vengo a ver, que gocen y logren y tengan muncho bien. Ahí, ahí, a los campos gengalís, casó la linda con su chelibí, yo vengo a ver, que gocen y logren y tengan muncho bien.
Ah, ah, to the green fields,
the lovely one married with all her relatives,
I come to see,
that they may rejoice and succeed and have much good. Ah, ah, to the ginger fields,
the lovely one married with her beloved I come to see,
that they may rejoice and succeed and have much good.
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: NSA Y 5842b/8 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 199, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a partial version of a wedding song, emphasizing the romantic setting and communal experience of the ceremony. The fuller version specifies that the groom wishes for his bride to have good fortune and demeanor and not necessarily wealth.
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