Y el muestro novio no quere dinero, quer' a la novia del mazal bueno, que vengo a ver, que gocen y logren y tengan muncho bien. Y el muestro novio no quere manillas, quer' a la novia de cara de risas, que vengo a ver, que gocen … Ahí, ahí a los campos vedres est la novia con sus parientes, que vengo a ver, que gocen … Ahí, ahí a los campos amarillos est la novia con sus amigos, que vengo a ver, que gocen …
And our groom does not want money,
he wants the bride of good fortune,
that I come to see,
may they rejoice and prosper and have much good. And our groom does not want bracelets,
he wants the bride with a smiling face,
that I come to see,
may they rejoice ... Ah, ah to the green fields
is the bride with her relatives,
that I come to see,
may they rejoice ... Ah, ah to the yellow fields
is the bride with her friends,
that I come to see,
may they rejoice ...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc5830b/21 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 172, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. A song with two themes: the first verses tell about what the groom does not want and what he would rather prefer: not money but a lucky bride not bracelets but a bride with a smiling face. The second theme speaks about green fields, where the bride is with her family, about yellow fields where she is with her friends. The refrain: here I come to see, let them enjoy and achieve and have much good.
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