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“Sol la Sadiqa”

Esta copla hagiográfica relata en detalle la triste suerte de Sol Hachuel. Esta hermosa joven judía de 17 años en 1834, y por orden de la Corte religiosa musulmana, fue decapitada en Fez (que entonces era la sede del Sultán marroquí), porque ella no aceptaba convertirse al Islam. El impacto de este suceso sobre las comunidades judías del Estrecho fue intenso: su breve vida fascinó a los judíos marroquíes hasta llegar a considerarla una santa (Sadiqá) y su tumba se convirtió en lugar de peregrinaje.


“Sol the Saint”

This hagiographical song depicts explicitly the sad fate of Sol Hachuel, a beautiful young Jewish woman. At the age of 17 years in 1834 by order of the Muslim religious court she was beheaded in Fez (at that time the seat of the Moroccan Sultan), because she did not accept to convert to Islam. The impact of this event on the Jewish communities in the region was intense: her brief life fascinated the Moroccan Jews, for which reason they looked upon her as a saint, (Sadiqá) and her tomb became a place of pilgrimage.

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Cuando Tara levantó el enredo sentenciaron a la hermosa Sol,
por una infame y mala mora que como a una hermana creyó.

Y el gobernador la dice: – ‘esta mora qué dice de ti?’ .–
– ‘No señor yo he nacido hebrea y hebrea tengo que morir’. –

En la cárcel estuvo encerrada sin que nadie la fuese a ver,
sólo Dios que en su guarda mandaba en compañía del ángel Gabriel.

Cuando Sol salía de Tánger sus padres lloraban detrás.
Le decían –‘reniega hija mía, nuestro Dios no te castigará’.–

– ‘Adiós padre, madre y hermano, me voy presa en presencia del rey.
Aunque jure y me ofrezca otras leyes ni por vida las traicionaré. –

– ‘No llores mi madre querida, ni consejo quiero de vos
pues mi vida ha sido entregada, sólo en ella manda mi Dios’.–

Cuando Sol entró en el palacio la decía la hija del rey:
–‘Profesa la ley mahometana, de mi padre serás su mujer’. –

Y el verdugo desvaina su espada en el cuello de Sol sin piedad
y la dice: –‘si quieres ser mora piénsalo, que aún tienes lugar’. –

Cuando Sol vio su sangre vertida suspiró y al cielo imploró.
Su vida estaba entregada sólo en ella mandaba Dios.


Because the iniquitous Moorish schemer
Tara denunciated her for her belief they sentenced beautiful Sol.
And the governor pronounced: Recant your faith.
No, sir, I was born a Jew and as a Jew, I have to die.
In prison she was confined without anyone being able to see her.
Only God entrusted her in the care of the archangel Gabriel
When Sol left Tangier hers parents wept
they told her: my dear daughter, forswear, our God will not punish you.
Goodbye father, mother and brother, I go to prison in the presence of the king
Even though if I swear and they offer me other laws,
I will not betray mine only for my life.
Neither cry my dear mother nor do I ask for your advice
for my life is only entrusted in the hands of God.
When Sun entered the palace the daughter of the king addressed her:
follow the laws of Mahoma and you will become the wife of my father.
And the deadsman mercilessly puts his sword on her neck
and he tells her: if you want to become a Moor, you still have time to decide.
I disregard the law of Mahoma but believe in the law of Moses
which on Mount Sinai he was given in the presence of all Israel.
When Sol saw how her blood was spilled she sighed and invoked the grace of heaven
for her life was entrusted only to the hands of God.

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from SEFARAD EN EL CORAZ​Ó​N DE MARRUECOS, released August 29, 2017

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