Amak ezkondu ninduen
Amak ezkondu ninduen
hamabost urtekin, (Bis)
senarrak bazituen
larogei berakin,
eta ni, neskatila gaztea,
agure zaharrakin. (Bis)
Ama, zertarako dut nik
agure zahar hori? (Bis)
hartu ta leihotikan
jaurti behar dut nik,
ai ene! ene leihotikan
jaurti behar dut nik. (Bis)
"Neska, hago isilikan,
aberatsa dun hori, (Bis)
pazientziz pasa hitzan
urte bat edo bi,
hori hilez geroztikan
biziko haiz ongi." (Bis)
Deabruak daramala
interesatua, (Bis)
hau baino nahiago dut
adin berekoa
ai ene! hogei bat urteko
gazte loratua. (Bis)
My mother married me off
My mother married me off
at fifteen years old, (Repeat)
If my grandparents had
eighty sheep,
and I, a young girl,
with an old man. (Repeat)
Mother, why did I
have to take that old man? (Repeat)
I have to take it from the window
and throw it,
oh my! from my window
I have to throw it. (Repeat)