Yo me akodro de akella noche kuando la luna testigo testigo fue, tu perkuraste kerer amarme, hoy me abandonates por otra mujer. Ken me va a kerer a mí, ken me va a tomar a mí, sabiendo ke yo te kero, ke yo me muero d’amor por ti. Un hijo tengo, muy bien lo sabes, ke en la miseria lo vine a hacer, maldicho padre ke hijo tiene ke no lo kere rekonocer. Ken me va a kerer a mí...... En un konvento muy religioso yo kon mi hijo me vo a ir, a konfesar los mis pekados ke kon mis manos los kometí. Ken me va a kerer a mí...... A mi kasa blanka komo la laja ahí va ruinar luto y soledad, a mí me van a estrenar mortaja por velo de mi noviedad. Por mi no debes de llorar, vos debes de alegrar, sabiendo ke yo te kero ke yo me muero d’amor por ti. A medianoche de la nochada a mi namorado infiel él me ĵuraba de no 'ngañarme y yo me iba detrás de él. De mí no kale llorar, vos debes de alegrar siento kastigario fuerte dad la muerte ke me va asperar. A medianoche yo me kedaba por asperarlo a mi fiel, yo no sabía ke me engañaba, y sin pensar me iba kon él. De mí no kale llorar… A mi kasa blanka komo la laja este placer se emborrachó dejo mi puerpo desvirginiado, honor de famiya me manchó. De mí no kale llorar…
I remember that night
when the moon was a witness,
you strived to love me,
today you abandoned me for another woman.
Who is going to love me,
who's going take me,
knowing that I love you,
that I'm dying of love for you.
I have a son, you know that well,
I had him in misery,
curse the father that has a son
who doesn't acknowledge him.
Who is going to love me,
In a very religious convent
I'm going to go with my son,
to confess my sins
that I committed with my hands.
Who is going to love me,
To my house as white as flagstone
It is a ruin of mourning and loneliness,
I'm going to have my shroud torn off
for the veil of my betrothal.
For me you must not cry,
you must rejoice,
knowing that I love you
I'm dying of love for you.
At midnight of the night
to my unfaithful lover
he swore not to cheat me
and I was going after him.
Do not cry for me,
you must be glad
I feel that a harsh punishment
death that awaits me
At midnight I was staying
to wait for my faithful one,
I didn't know he was cheating on me,
and without thinking I went with him.
Do not cry for me…
My house as white as flagstone
there he drank and became drunk
he left my body to be deflowered,
And stained my family’s honor
Do not cry for me…
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. This is a well known song among Saloniki Jews, and is an adaptation of a Spanish song.
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