72. Los brazos candelares (La Gloria)

Another song known only from Sarajevo sources and probably derived from the modern popular repertoire. Although the title on the original record is “Mis brasos kandelaros,” the text sung here is “Tus brazos candelaros.” The recording is truncated in the middle of the third stanza. For other versions, see also Pinto 1956, p. 27, reproduced in Attias 1972, no. 108 (partial recording in NSA Y 09491); Elazar 1987, p. 151.

Tus brazos candelares,

tus ojos almenaras.

Mi dejates sofriendo

di dientro d’una flama.

Ah, chica y morenica so,

so quemada en el amor.

Ni vo cumer ni vo biber

hasta qui non me muero.

La vida ‘ntera vo perder

detrás de te mancebo.

Ah, chica y morenica so…

Caí en bajo y me desmayí

Como un gran carnero…