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A la una yo naci A las dos m'engrandeci A las tres tomi amante A las cuatro me cazi Me cazi con un amor Dime nina donde vienes Que te quero conocer Si tu no tienes amante Yo te hare defender Alma vida y corason Yendome para laguerra Dos bezos al aire di El uno es para mi madre Y el otro para ti
Translated lyrics
At one I was born At two I grew up At three I took a lover At four I married I married a lover. Tell me little girl where do you come from That I want to get acquianted If you have no lover I will defend you Soul, life, and heart Going off to war I threw two kisses into the air One is for my mother The other is for you
Notes
clip here from Judy Frankel's recording Tresoros Sephardis Sung by Joaquin Diaz in "Canciones sefardies". This is an old ballad that has travelled a great deal. Before the Inquisition chased out the marranos (the jews converted in 1478) the second line of the romance was changed to "A los dos me baptisaron". Only when the jews found peace in Holland or the Ottoman Emire, did the second line recover its original phrasing [from the booklet to a CD by Francoise Atlan].
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