Nuestro Senor Elokenu mandó por Moshe rabenu para darnos Toratenu que se empieza con Anojí. Mose subió a los shamayim sin ajilá y sin mayim; nos trajo lujot shenayim que se empieza con Anojí. En har Sinai hizo alumbrar con fuegos y voz de shofar, a todo Israel hizo temblar cuando Dios dijo Anojí. Nos dio 'aseret diberot con sus shirim y sus sodot, all estaban las neshamot cuando Dios dijo: Anojí. Hicimos un grande yerro, más fuerte era que el hierro, servimos a un mal becerro, contra el que dijo: Anojí. Ana Adoshem, hosiha na, nuestros pecados selah na, Eliyahu mevaser na con el que dijo: Anojíí.
Our Lord, our Elokenu, sent for Moshe Rabenu, to give us our holy Torah, which begins with Anojí. Moses ascended to the heavens, without food and without water; he brought us the two Tablets, that begin with Anojí. On Mount Sinai He made shine, with fire and the sound of shofar; He made all Israel tremble, when God said Anojí. He gave us the Ten Commandments, with His songs and His secrets; there were all the souls present, when God said: Anojí. We committed a great error, stronger than iron itself: we served a wicked calf, against Him who said: Anojí. Please God, save us, forgive our sins, please forgive may Elijah bring the tidings, of Him who said: Anojí.
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This copla celebrates the giving of the Torah, drawing on Talmudic commentaries and legends, and interweaving numerous Hebrew expressions. It is composed in quatrains with a zejel rhyme scheme, typical of para-liturgical poetry, wherein the first three lines of each stanza share one rhyme, and the fourth line unites all stanzas through a common refrain, ending with Anojí (the first word of the Ten Commandments).
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