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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Yo tomí una muchacha
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the Ladino (Sephardic) 
Yo tomí (tomé) una muchacha
Hija de un gran Siñor;
Muncho (mucho) me trujo con ella,
Más y más tenía yo.
Mi mujer era pomposa,
Yo un hombre gastador;
Gastí (gasté) lo mio y lo suyo
Y lo que el padre a ella le dió
Agora por mis pecados
Vine a ser enfilador;
Mi mujer fila a una a una,
Yo enfilo a dos a dos.
Dame seda de Brussa
Y clavedón (clavelón) de Stambol.
Lavraré (bordaré) yo una tovaja (tohalla)
La luna y el ojo del sol.
En medio de esta tovaja,
Ansias de mi corazón;
Se las mandaré a mi padre,
Que por mi él tome dolor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Ladino (Sephardic) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Alberto Hemsi (1897 - 1975), "Yo tomí una muchacha" [ voice and piano ], from Coplas sefardies [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-12-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 109

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