Sephardic Songs

Judeo-Spanish text
Dicho me habían dicho
Que el mi amor está en Venezia,
Tratando y baratando,
Con una grande de Venezia.

Refrán: Madre,
dejme la lesensia
Porque yo me quero ir
Con mi amor yo me quero ir
Con mi amor yo me quero ir, Madre
Con aquel que lo amo yo
Viva el y lo venga yo.

Con que debo de ser cazada
Non conviene de ser morena
Sino blanca y colorada,
Hermoza como es la estrella

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English translation
I was told that
My love is in Venice
Trading and bargaining
With a Venetian noblewoman

Refrain: Mother,
give me permission,
I want to go away,
I want to go away with my beloved
I want to go away with my beloved, Mother
With the one whom I love
May he live long and may I live to see him.

Whom should I marry?
It is not convenient to be dark-skinned
Better to be light and rosy-skinned
And beautiful like a star.

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