Cuando el rey Nimrod 2

Kuando el rey Nimrod al kampo salía miraba en el cielo y en la estrellería, vido luz santa en la ĵudería ke había de nacer Abraham Avinu. Abraham Avinu, padre kerido padre bendicho, Luz de Israel. La mujer de Terah kedó preñada, de día en día, él la preguntaba: de qué tenés la kara tan demudada? ella ya sabía el bien ke tenía. Abraham Avinu ... Fin de mueve meses parir kería, iba kaminando por kampos y viñas, topó una meará, allí se entraría, ke había de nacer Abraham Avinu. Abraham Avinu ... Siento loaremos a el Verdadero El, saludemos al kompadre y al moel, ke por su zejut mos venga el Goel, y arrima a todo Israel. Abraham Avinu ...

When King Nimrod went out to the fields,
he looked to the heavens and to the stars
he saw a holy light over the Jewish quarter
for Abraham our Father was to be born.
    Abraham Avinu, beloved father,
    blessed father, light of Israel. The wife of Terah conceived a child
day by day he asked her,
“Why has your face so changed?”
She already knew the good she carried within her.
    Abraham Avinu... When nine months were fulfilled and she was to give birth,
she went walking through fields and vineyards
she came upon a cave and went inside
for Abraham our Father was to be born.
    Abraham Avinu... Let us now praise the True God
let us greet the godfather and the mohel
may the Redeemer come through his merit
and bring all Israel near.
    Abraham Avinu...

This copla is likely influenced by late Midrashic sources, such as the Sefer HaYashar, which place Abraham’s birth in Ur Kasdim during the reign of King Nimrod, son of Cush (as in Genesis 10:6 - 12). According to the song, when King Nimrod went out to the fields, he looked up to the sky and the stars and saw a holy light shining over the Jewish quarter - because Avram, our forefather, was about to be born.
Terah’s wife was pregnant, and each day her husband asked her, “Why is your face so pale?” She already knew the blessing she carried within her. The following verse describes her giving birth in a cave. The final stanza blesses the men close to the newborn - the compadre (godfather) and the mohel, the one who performs the ritual circumcision on the eighth day.
Since Abraham was the first Jew to undergo circumcision, this copla, traditionally sung at that ceremony, praises him in its refrain:
“Abraham our father, beloved father, blessed father, light of Israel.”
Each stanza is a quatrain with three rhyming lines, and the melody follows the maqam Hijaz.

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