Lo moreno krió el Dio lo blanko hizo el platero viva la ĝente morena e por ellas muero yo A la una yo nací a las dos me engrandecí a las tres me baptizaron y a las kuatro me kasaron; me kasí con un amor alma y vida y korazón. Dime, niña d’onde vienes ke te kero konocer dime si tienes amante sino yo te amaré. A las dos me engrandecí alma y vida y korazón. En la huerta krecen flores, en la mar krecen korales, en mi korazón amores y en tu boka falsedad. A las tres desposí yo, alma y vida y korazón. Yéndome para la guerra dos besos al aire echí: uno es para mi madre y el otro para tí. A las kuatro me kasí, alma y vida y korazón.
God created the dark one
the silversmith made the white one
long live the dark people
for them I die At one o’clock I was born
at two I grew up
at three they baptized me
and at four they married me
I married with a love
soul and life and heart Tell me, girl, from where you come
because I want to know you
tell me if you have a lover
if not, I will love you At two I grew up
soul and life and heart In the garden flowers grow
in the sea corals grow
in my heart loves
and in your mouth falsehood At three I wedded
soul and life and heart Going to war
two kisses to the air I threw
one is for my mother
and the other for you At four I married
soul and life and heart
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013.
A well known cantiga of love and longing.
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