Mlle Mariette
56. El sentenciado del bajá (Mlle Mariette)
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs from the EMI Archive Trust (1907-1912)
El sentenciado del bajá
A truncated version of the romance El sentenciado del bajá (CMP H23) documented in few printed and recorded sources in much longer versions. The protagonist in some versions is a woman, in others a man. The story develops into a dialogue (missing in this recording) between the protagonist, who was sentenced to death for refusing the advances of an anonymous “Turk” and his/her mother who is asked to save her son/daughter but cannot help. This romance has no parallel versions in the Hispanic or Balkan ballad traditions. For additional versions and further discussion, see Attias 1972, no. 136; Benmayor 1979, no. 13; Havassy, 2007, Appendix, ES 096.
Yarem.
Yo se venido de Brusa,
me fue para’l hukiumat.
El turco pašá me vido
con él me quijo llivar.
Yarem.
Día de lunes a las cuatro
me van al hukiumat.
Con el fermán en la mano
los dušmanes me van detrás.
Yarem, amán.
Día de martes a las siete
m’abajan al estindak.
Con el fermán en la mano
los amigos me van detrás.
Con el fermán en la mano
los dušmanes me van detrás.
