Hermana, hermana, hermana

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2772/4
Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 47, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak.

In this North Moroccan wedding song the bride's sister is invited early in the morning to see the groom.

Text:
Hermana hermana hermana
venid por la maniana
veris al novio, hermana
veris al novio
de la casa blanca

No se que le diga, hemana
no se que le diga, hermana
tan de maniana, hermana
tan de maniana
como alboreada

Translation:
Sister, sister, sister,
come in the morning,
you’ll see the bridegroom, sister,
you’ll see the bridegroom
from the white house.

I don’t know what to tell him, sister,
I don’t know what to tell him, sister,
so early, sister,
so early
as at dawn.