Rondeñas
Traditional
A esa liebre no tirarle
cazadores de la sierra
porque está haciendo en la tierra
madriguera pa ser madre
y es muy sagrado lo que encierra
Hunters of the mountains,
don’t shoot this hare
For in the ground she’s making
a burrow for her kits,
and it’s very sacred what she’ll house there
We studied fandangos abandolaos and rondeñas with David Córdoba during the Flamenco Tour to Granada and this is the letra we danced to.
David explained to us that rondeñas letras usually have to do with subjects related to bandits who lived in the mountains.
Cover photo of a wild hare by Gary Bendig on Unsplash.