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Mes de mayo mes de mayo cuando las fuertes calores cuando los toritos bravos los caballos corredores Cuando la cebada siegan y el trigo pierde colores cuando los enamorados regalan a sus amores unos les regalan lirios otros le regalan flores y yo triste de mi metido en estas prisiones Sin saber cuando es de dia sin saber cuando es de noche si no es por un pajarito que canta desde la torre
Translated lyrics
It was in May, in May, when the weather begins to warm, when all young lovers go to serve their loves, and I, sad and wretched, who lie in this dungeon, not knowing when it is day, nor yet when it is night, but for one little bird, that sang for me at dawn: A cross-bowman killed it. God give him an ill reward!
Notes
"Mes de Mayo" A Spanish romance...that arrived in the Sephardic Communities of Morocco (Tetouan) - perhaps in the 14th century There is another song under the title El Prisionero, or La Huerfana del Prisionero, or Yedi Kule--are lyrics available for that?
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