Lyrics and translation Amália Rodrigues - Petenera Portuguesa

Petenera Portuguesa

Vem acá remediadora
De mis penas y de mis males
Que si tu no los remedias
No me los remedia nadie
Vem acá remediadora
De mis penas y de mis males

Al pie de un árbol sin fruto
Me puse a considerar
Que pocos amigos tiene
Madre de mi corazón
Que pocos amigos tiene
El que no tiene que dar
Al pie de un árbol sin fruto
Me puse a considerar

Quién te puso Petenera
No supo ponerte nombre
Que te debiera poner
La perdición de los hombres
Quien te puso Petenera
No supo ponerte nombre

Donde vas bella judia
Tan compuesta y a deshoras?
Voy en busca del rebeco
Madre de mi corazón
Voy en busca del rebeco
Que está en una sinagoga
Donde vas bella judia
Tan compuesta y a deshoras?

Portuguese Petenera

Come here, healer
Of my sorrows and my troubles
If you don't heal them
No one else will
Come here, healer
Of my sorrows and my troubles

At the foot of a fruitless tree
I began to reflect
On how few friends you have
Mother of my heart
On how few friends you have
He who has nothing to give
At the foot of a fruitless tree
I began to reflect

Who named you Petenera
Did not know how to name you
They should have named you
The perdition of men
Who named you Petenera
Did not know how to name you

Where are you going, beautiful Jewess
So composed, at such an hour?
I am going in search of the gazelle
Mother of my heart
I am going in search of the gazelle
Who is in a synagogue
Where are you going, beautiful Jewess
So composed, at such an hour?