Alabar kero al Dio kon tañer y kante, siendo él no piedrió amistad avante: de hombre berbante El mos eskapó y a Hamán lo enkapó en una paída, non topó fuída. Buškó Hamán el mamzer de kerer merkarmos, ésto lo quiso hacer para atemarmos, no mos olvidamos esta enemistad: meldamos kon amistad en la vieja ‘storia teneldo memoria. Viniendo la hora seš de el primer día en la mesa empecés kon muncha alegría; haced la hombría komo el dover: empecemos a beber día y la noche hasta hora doĉe. Tenemos de aĵuntar todos los vecinos para tañer y kantar y prebar los vinos, troken marachinos y ke den bakshish salchichas metan al shish, las mesas bien hartas, frutas y salatas. Kelal de este Purim es de abrir las manos, diciendo Alah Kerim ke viva, hermanos, koman endianos, sofrito y kebab, kada uno su erbab, ordrenen las mesas sin haber mankezas.
I wish to praise God
with music and with song,
for He heard and never lost
His faithful friendship:
from the criminal man
He let us escape,
and Haman He trapped
in his own snare,
he found no way out. Haman, the bastard,
sought to sell us out
this he wished to do
to destroy us
We will never forget
this enmity —
we read with friendship
the ancient story,
keeping it in memory. When the sixth hour comes
of the first day,
begin at the table
with great joy;
act with generousity
as is your duty
let us begin to drink
day and night
until the twelfth hour. We must gather together
all our neighbors,
to play and to sing
and to taste the wines,
exchange sweet treats,
and let all give gifts;
put sausages on the skewer,
fill the tables well,
with fruits and salads. The rule of this Purim
is to open our hands,
saying God is Great
may he live, brothers!
Eat like the Indians,
with sofrito and kebab;
each one to their ability,
set the tables in order
with nothing lacking.
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. With its characteristic nine line asymmetrical rhythm and structure of a Purim copla, this song combines several themes: the story of Haman who wished to destroy the people of Israel and how they were saved by God, and the social traditions of Purim, including festive foods, drink and gifts with friends, family and neighbors.
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