Translation of the song lyrics Petenera - Al Andaluz Project

Petenera (original)

La petenera està mala
La nit no la passarà
Tanqueu portes i finestres
Fermeu els forellats
Riu, que sap que se l’emporten
Que no li queden mes hores;
Joia que no llueix
El goig ja ha sigut baudit
La petenera està mala
La nit no la passarà
Ai ai ai
La galana, qui l’ha vista
Nívia com el gesamí
No hi havia en la ribera
Flor com esta en tant jardí
Pètals que van arruant-se
I mustigant-se les fulles
La saba va assecant-se
Esvaïnt-se la color
La galana qui l’ha vista
La de galtes d’albercoc
Ai ai ai ai
Valgan’s Déu!
El vespre avança
Esta nit plourà i no poc
Dones, amagueu les robes
Les sinagües i els mitjons
Despareu la taula
I acosteu les cadires
Que vindrà amb mantellines
El veinat xafant el fang
Valgan’s Déu el vespre avança
Prompte ens caldrà cressol
Ai ai ai ai
Tanca els ulls la petenera
Poc a poc, i no és per son
Dona’m la mà, companyona
I la mà és tot gelor
Duen baixant les escales
Dues colometes blanques
Un corona de plomes
Per a que alces el vol
Tanca els ulls petenera
Dorm ara, ara que tens son

Petenera (translation)

The petenera is bad
The night will not pass
Close doors and windows
Close the holes
He laughs, knowing he's been taken away
That he has no more hours left;
Jewel that does not shine
The joy has already been bauded
The petenera is bad
The night will not pass
Ai ai ai
Galana, who saw it
Bride like jasmine
It was not on the shore
Flower as it is in so many gardens
Petals wrinkling
And biting the leaves
The sap is drying out
Fading color
The gallant who saw it
The one with apricot cheeks
Ai ai ai ai
God bless you!
The evening is advancing
It will rain tonight and not a little
Women, hide your clothes
Synagogues and socks
Clear the table
And bring the chairs closer
That will come with mantillas
The neighbor crushing the mud
God bless the evening
Soon we will need cress
Ai ai ai ai
Close your eyes the petenera
Slowly, and not out of sleep
Give me your hand, mate
And the hand is all cold
They lead down the stairs
Two white doves
A crown of feathers
So that you take flight
Close your eyes petenera
Sleep now, now that you are asleep