Muchachicas de poco saber aínda non tenes javer. Los mancebo vos engañan, vos dejan en eljol deré. refrain in Turkish Ni blanca sos ni morena, ni cosa de alabarvos, Con la jilvé que me hacés, a mí me stas quemando. Ni v' a comer ni v'a beber fin a què yo me muera, fin a que accepte mi papá a la que yo la quera. Muchachicas de quince sos tomates de ochenta A la gente le parecio el papu con le nieta
Young girls of little knowing
still you do not have a boyfriend.
The young men deceive you,
they leave you abandoned. refrain in Turkish You are neither fair nor dark,
nor something to be praised,
With the tease you do to me,
you are burning me. I will not eat nor will I drink
finally until I die,
finally until my father accepts
the one that I love. You girls of fifteen are
taking eighty year old men To the people it seems a grandfather with a granddaughter
From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009
This is a song warning girls against wedding men who are much older than they are.
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