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Levantaivos el Parido

Levantaivos el Parido

Lyrics

Levantaivos, el parido
de este buen durce dormido
y el kahal esta en la puerta
para cerucir al ninio

Las que parian los ninios
comian los buenos vicios
las que parian los ninias
comian flacas sardinas
de la rabia que tenian
pelean con las vicinas

Translation

Awake father
after a good sleep
the congregation is at the door
waiting for the circumcision

Women who give birth to boys
eat better food
those who gave birth to girls
eat thin sardines
from their anger
and fight with their neighbors

Description

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y4552/15
Referenced and notated in: Moroccan Sephardic Romancero, pg. 33, Gaon Books, House, 2018 Susana Weich-Shahak.

A circumcision song about the father and mother of the newborn. The father is woken as the guests are waiting. Better food is offered to mothers of sons than of daughters.

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