Please forgive me if I did you wrong
Each home has a young girl trying on her new dress
Ginger’s offered to guests to wish them happiness
in their new boots
sporting their new suits
peasants ride to the church taking their mates along
Please forgive me if I did you wrong
From one house to the next echo wishes and calls
pink- and blue-coloured carts whizz past alleys and malls
brunettes and blondes
their best costumes donned
shake their gold ankle-bells to the swing of gay songs
Please forgive me if I did you wrong
Rams are washed and decked out for the sacred parade
charms that hang from their necks reflect April sunrays
friends call on friends
talk and make amends
bonds are strengthened anew to get better along
Please forgive me if I did you wrong
Women nestle against their well-dressed husbands’ waists
everybody forgets all the hardships they faced
all take a seat
and set out to eat
while awaiting their turn a few hawks circle on
Please forgive me if I did you wrong