La Tora, La Tora
[The Torah, the Torah]
[folksong sung to small children]
[See Shavuot lecture]
| La Torá, la Torá, | The Torah, the Torah, |
| mi fijico a la hevrá, | my son will go to the [Jewish community] school |
| con el pan y el queso, | with bread and cheese |
| y el librico al pecho. | and a book at his chest. |
| - ¿Ande vas, fijò del Dio? | - Where are you going, my goodly son? |
| - A meldar la Ley del Dio. | - To learn God's Torah. |
| - Dio que to guadre, | - May God look after you, |
| a tí y a tu madre, | you and your mother, |
| y a tu siñor | and your father |
| que es un buen jidió, | who is a good Jew, |
| y la cumadre | and the midwife |
| que t'arecibió. | who greeted you. |