Canta, gallico, canta, canta que amanece, mi amor ya durme, yo ya lo despierte. El gallico tiene plumas en colores, la tripa llevaba llena de dolores.
Sing, little cock, sing as sunrise will be soon My love is asleep, I will soon wake her The little cock has colorful plumes the womb that carried and was full of pain
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5831a/8 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 123, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak.
A song for the morning before the circumcision, waiting for the cock to sing and announce the end of the last and dangerous night before the circumcision. This partial version emphasizes the difficulties of childbirth the new mother has experienced through the description of the rooster with colored feathers whose womb is full of pain.
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