La novia se bañaba. los novios se alegraban, bañábase. Lo que merecen las novias yo vos diré: un pan blanco, una cama de rosas, una gallina hermosa yo vos dire Lo que merecen las viejas yo vos dire: una cama de espinos, un palo de bembrillo, yo vos dire. Y arrelumbre y arrelumbre Y arrelumbre tu mazale Como arrelumbra esta novia Delante i todo el kahale La novia destrenza el pelo Se desmaya el caballero La novia de la cara blanca Donde el novio se resmirara Y fuerame a baniar orillas del rio Ai encontre madre, a mi lindo amigo El me dio un abrazo yo le di cinco, yo le di cinco Por Dios la nuestra novia cuerpo garido Que es lo que os ponis - en escondido Si os poneis albayarde u oro molido, u oro molido Tan bien ke le pareces a vuestro marido
The bride was bathing,
the grooms were rejoicing,
she was bathing. What brides deserve,
I will tell you:
a white loaf of bread,
a bed of roses,
a beautiful hen,
I will tell you. What old women deserve,
I will tell you:
a bed of thorns,
a stick of quince wood,
I will tell you. Shine and shine And shine her luck And so does shine, this bride In front of the whole congregation The bride loosens her braid the groom faints The bride with white face to where the groom will look And I went to bathe on the banks of the river There I found, mother, my dear friend He gave me a hug I gave him five, I gave him five By God, our bride's body is adorned What do you wear secretly? If you wear white enamel, or gold dust, or gold dust You look so well to your beloved
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018.
In this renewed version of three wedding songs, a steady percussion rhythm replaces the traditional continuous beat, which is usually accompanied by a single castanet often used in North Moroccan wedding songs performed consecutively.
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