Esterelika Sarfati l'amor esta aziendo kon el hijo de Palti ya se esta muriendo Le sta pareciendo ke no se va saver se kito de la mujer pekado en su alma k'el guerko le yeva el alma Al dere a kaminar a poko a poko la djilve ke le aze ya lo kita loko Ya lo kita loko y de su meollo, ésto lo compośi yo: me topí solica, l'asentí cantica.
Esterina Sarfati
is in love with the son of Palti
for him she is dying. It seems to her
that it will not be known
she took him from his wife,
sin in her soul,
may the devil carry off her soul. While walking on the promenade,
little by little,
the glance she gives him
already makes him crazy. Already drives him mad,
and out of his senses.
This I composed myself:
I found myself alone,
I composed this song.
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996
This is a tragic story of a scandalous affair between a man who left his wife for Esterilika (Esterina) Serfati.
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