– Capitán de guerra
d’ande vienes tú?
– D’arriba los Balkanes,
de campos de guerra.
– Ah, si tú verías
un hijo, soldat,
soldado era bruno,
su nombre era Yudá.
– Chica blanca y hermosa,
ya lo vide yo:
en campos de la guerra
entre mis brazos murió.
– Captain from the war
Where have you come from?
– From the Balkans,
from the fields of war.
– Ah, did you see there
a son, soldier,
a soldier he was dark haired
his name was Yuda.
– White and beautiful girl,
I have seen him
on the fields of war
he died in my arms.
Composed during the Balkan War of 1912-1913. The theme develops around the pain a wife that looses her husband, or possibly a mother who looses her son, his name Yehuda sung in Hebrew.
This website was created by Orit Perlman with the collaboration and blessings of Dr. Susana Weich-Shahak in 2025