Cuan bien me lavī (Las telecas)

Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Cuan bien me lavī

Mazaltó Lazar (Cisr-i Mustafa Paşa [Svilengrad]/Sofia)


“How well I washed myself, how well I soaped myself, how I enjoyed my bath; let my brother-in-law pay for it, with two masseuses, one at each side. The muezzin has already called for prayer (meaning that a long time has passed and the bride in the bath feels faint) and Duda (the bride’s name would be inserted here) faints.” Second strophe: “Let my brother- in-law pay. Soap from the store and cosmetics for depilation; everything I bought on credit, let my brother-in-law pay for it.”

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