To my mother, Klara daughter of Rashel and Baruch Balio
Name of speaker:
Klara De Picciotto (of Balio)
Gender of speaker:
Female
Occupation of speaker:
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording:
68
Year of immigration:
1949
Speaker's country of origin:
Language:
Conversation topics:
Documentation:
Adina Cohen (of De Picciotto)
Year of recording:
1983
Translation:
Moshe Giora Elimelech
They call me "dark one"
I was born white
The summer sun made me thus
Dark one, you are graceful,
Dark and graceful, with dark eyes
The lyrics and translation are taken from a website of Jewish folk songs: http://www.jewishfolksongs.com/en/morenica
Transcription:
Morenica
Morenica a mi me llaman
- yo blanca nací
el sol del enverano
a mi m'hizo ansí
Morenica, grociosica sos
morenica y graciosica
y mavra matiamu
Trancription and traslation: http://www.jewishfolksongs.com/he/morenica-he