La mujer de Terah prenyada stava, ni eya no savía el mal ke tenía, salía por los kampos kom'a pedrida. Dolores tenía parir kería, ¿ande lo pariera? en la me'ará, meldando i skriviendo en la yeshivá. Buen zehut tuvites sinyor parido, ke afirmates la firma d'Avram avinu.
The wife of Terah was pregnant, but she herself did not know the burden she bore, she wandered through the fields like a lost woman. She was in pain, ready to give birth, where did she give birth? In a cave, (where later she found her son) studying and writing in the yeshiva. You had great merit, father of the newborn for you have confirmed the signature of our father Abraham.
From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 This copla, associated with the ritual of circumcision, tells the story of Abraham's birth. Like many coplas, it is rooted in a Talmudic legend. It describes how Terah’s wife, unaware of her pregnancy, wandered through the fields until labor pains overtook her and she gave birth in a cave. According to the Talmud, the child grew at an extraordinary pace, like other mythical figures, and was soon studying in a yeshiva. The final lines address the father of the newborn (parido), declaring: "You had the privilege to affirm the signature of our patriarch Abraham."
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