Dadnos a la novia

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement:Y4552/7
Referenced and notated in: La Boda Sefardi, pg. 132, Editorial Alpuerto, 2007 Susana Weich-Shahak.

A song about when the new couple arrives at the household of the groom. They enter the threshold, often placed with a colorful threaded mat as a good omen for their future life together.

Text:
Dadnos a la novia que por ella venimos,
dadnos a la novia, la del cuerpo garrido,
si no nos la das, a la Ley volveremos.

Dadnos a la novia, la del cuerpo lozano,
dadnos a la novia, la del cuerpo garrido,
si no nos la das, a la Ley volveremos.

Translation:
Give us the bride, for her we have come,
give us the bride, the one with the graceful body,
if you do not give her to us, we shall return to the Law.

Give us the bride, the one with the supple body,
give us the bride, the one with the graceful body,
if you do not give her to us, we shall return to the Law.