- Con su licencia, siñora madre mía querida, que me quero ir con me marido. - Hija, vaigas en hora buena, a servirlo y a honrarlo, mitelde la mesa, 'scacialde el vaso, hija vaigas en hora buena! - Con su licencia, siñor padre mío querido, que me quero ir con me marido. - Hija, vaigas en hora buena, a servirlo y a honrarlo, metelde la mesa, 'scacialde el vaso, hija vaigas en hora buena! - Con vuestra licencia, 'rmanos míos queridos, que me quero ir con me marido. - Hermana, vaigas en hora buena... - Con vuestra licencia, vicinas mías queridas, que me quero ir con me marido. - Rosa (nombre), vaigas en hora buena... - Con vuestra licencia, amigas mías queridas, que me quero ir con me marido. - Rosa, vaigas en hora buena, a servirlo y a honrarlo, metelde la mesa, 'scacialde el vaso, Rosa, vaigas en hora buena!
– With your permission, my dear mother,
for I wish to go with my husband.
– Daughter, go in a good hour,
to serve him and to honor him.
Set the table, pour into the cup,
daughter, go in this good hour! – With your permission, my dear father,
for I wish to go with my husband.
– Daughter, go in a good hour,
to serve him and to honor him.
Set the table, pour into the cup,
daughter, go in this good hour! – With your permission, my dear brothers,
for I wish to go with my husband.
– Sister, go in this good hour! – With your permission, my dear neighbors,
for I wish to go with my husband.
– Rosa (name), go in this good hour! – With your permission, my dear friends,
for I wish to go with my husband.
– Rosa, go in this good hour,
to serve him and to honor him.
Set the table, pour into the cup,
Rosa, go in this good hour!
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5737a/25 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 275, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. A parting song when the brides asks for permission to leave her family and community in order to go to her new husband, honor and serve him. All wish her: Vaigas en buena hora - go in this good hour, in other words, in this auspicious time.
This website was created by Orit Perlman with the collaboration and blessings of Dr. Susana Weich-Shahak in 2025