Me demandas unas demandas que me hace tresalir me demandas una kasa, con vintanas al yalí. Me demandas unas demandas que me hacen tresalir, me demanda baño en casa con telek y hamamgi las pilas ke seyan d’oro i las burmas de marfil la agua di ariento que seya de yul yaghí.
She demands such demands of me that they make me tremble, she demands a house with windows facing the sea. She demands such demands of me that they make me tremble, she demands a bath in the house, with tiles and a hammam, She demands basins of gold with spouts of ivory, the water that comes out of them to be rosewater .
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y7900/8
This romance exists only in Sephardic tradition. It presents an impossible list of architectural demands that make the poor suitor tremble: a house facing the sea, with a bathroom equipped with gold sinks and ivory faucets from which rosewater flows.
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