La mujer de Terah quedó preñada de en día en día se demudaba, ella ya sabía lo que tenía, ni con su marido se descubría. Un día salió por campos y viñas, dolores tinía, parir quería, topó una meara , ahí se entraría, en el hubo que el nació, tambien hablaría. - Madre, la mi madre, andavos aquí Malachimes de los cielos me alechan a mi - Madre, la mi madre, que buscas aquí? - Un hijo preciado que dejí aquí.
The wife of Terah was pregnant day by day she became paler but she knew what a good thing she had but did not reveal this even to her husband One day she went out to the fields she was feeling pain and wanted to give birth she found a cave and entered when the baby was born he immediately spoke Mother mother leave here The angels of the sky are nursing me Mother, mother what are you looking for here? A precious son I left here
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This copla, connected to the circumcision ritual, recounts a Talmudic legend about Abraham’s miraculous birth and early years. Terah’s wife gives birth to him in a cave, and like a mythical hero, the newborn speaks—telling his mother to leave, as angels will nurse him. She returns later (this is implied) and he asks her what she is looking for, to which she answers: a precious son that I left here.
This website was created by Orit Perlman with the collaboration and blessings of Dr. Susana Weich-Shahak in 2025