De que voy y vengo vos topo brodando me pareces, dama, salida de banio. De que voy y vengo vos topo a la puerta, me pareces, dama, salida de una huerta. Y yo con vos, dama, juntos jugaremos, y toda la noche con vos yo me desvelo. Alta sos, mi dama, alta como el pino, vos me alelumbrabas más que el oro fino. Alta sos, mi dama, blanca como el jaspe, vos me alelumbrabas más que el diamante. Y yo con vos, dama... Me dicen la gente que sos haragana yo ya vos tomi por lucia y muy galana. Me dicen la gente que sos galichera yo ya vos tomi por lucia y muy ligera. Y yo con vos, dama...
As I come and go, I find you embroidering, and you seem to me, lady, as if coming from the bath. As I come and go, I find you at the door, and you seem to me, lady, as if coming from the garden. And I with you, lady, we will play together, and all night long I will stay awake with you. You are tall, my lady, tall as a pine tree, you dazzled me more than fine gold. You are tall, my lady, white as jasper, you dazzled me more than a diamond. And I with you, lady... People tell me that you are lazy, but I already take you for a shining light and very beautiful. People tell me that you are mischievous, but I already take you for a shining light and very quick And I with you, lady...
From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009
This is a simple and playful love song.
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