Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Estas mesas son del vino
Mazaltó Lazar (Cisr-i Mustafa Paşa [Svilengrad]/Sofia)
“These tables are for wine. Let us never lack bread or wine.” Each strophe concludes: “Long live the housewife with her husband and those who are around them. Let them live and be successful!”