Ladino Lyrics
A la nana y a la buba
Se durma la criatura
El Dio grande que los guadre
A los niños de los males

English Lyrics
Grandma’s lullaby,
The child sleeps
May the great God protect
All children from sorrows

Ladino Lyrics
A la puerta del rio
se sienta y llora
tiene el marido viejo
la picarona

y a la puerta del rio
está una al agua
peinando sus cabellos
cogiendo el ámbar

y a la noche y antenoche
parió Meroma
veinticinco ratones
y una paloma.

y a la puerta del rio
está un barrilete
lleno de sardinitas
escabeche.

y a la puerta del rio
crecen cebollas
perejil y culantro
para la olla

Tu marido y el mío
son dos maridos
cuando van por calle
son dos perdidos

Y en la orilla del monte
vive mi suegra
por no cortar zapato
no voy a verla

English Lyrics
At the river gate
she sits and weeps
she’s got an old husband
the spicy young girl

At the river’s mouth
there's a young girl in the water
combing her hair
and perfuming it with amber

Last night and the night before
Meroma gave birth
to twenty-five mice
and a dove

And at the river’s mouth
there's a little barrel
full of sardines
soaked in brine

At the river’s mouth
onions grow as well as
parsley and cilantro
for the cooking pot

Your husband and mine
are two of a kind
when they walk down the street
they are like two lost souls

And at the foot of the mountain
lives my mother-in-law,
In order not to use up my shoes
I’m not going to visit her

Ladino Lyrics
A la una yo nací
A las dos m’engrandecí
Alas tres tomi amante
A las cuatro me cazí

Dime niña donde vienes
Que te quero conocer
Y si no tienes amante
Yo te hare defender

Yendome para la guerra
Dos besos al aire dí
Uno fue para mi madre
Y el otro para ti"

English Lyrics
At one I was born
At two I grew up
At three I took a lover
At four I married

Tell me young lass where do you come from
For I wish to know you
And if you have no lover
I will defend you

Going off to war
I blew two kisses into the air
One was for my mother
And the other for you

Ladino Lyrics
Tu madre cuando te parió
y te quitó al mundo
corasón ella no te dió
para amar segundo

Adío, adío querida
no quero la vida
me l'amargates tú

Hermosa sos en cantidad
honestedad no tiene
si mil miliones me darás
mi gente no te queren

Va, búxcate otro amor
aharva otras puertas
aspera otro ardor
que para mí sos muerta

English Lyrics
Your mother when she gave you birth
and brought you into the world
she did not give you a heart
to love another

Farewell, farewell my love
I don't want life
you have embittered it to me

You are so beautiful
but you are dishonest
were you to give me millions
my family still would still not love you

Go look for another love
knock on other doors
wait for another flame
as for me, you are dead

Ladino Lyrics
Ah el novio no quere dinero!
Quere a la novia de mazal bueno.
Yo vengo a ver!
Que gozen y logren y tengan muncho bien!

Ah, el novio no quere ducados!
Quere a la novia de mazal alto.
Yo vengo a ver! ...

Ah, el novio no quere manillas!
Quere a la novia cara de alegría.
Yo vengo a ver! ...

English Lyrics
Ah, the bridegroom wants no money
He wants his bride of good fortune
I come to see
May they be joyous and prosper

Ah, the bridegroom wants no ducats
He wants his bride of great fortune
I come to see ...

Ah, the bridegroom wants no bracelets.
He wants his bride and her joyful face
I have come to see ...

Ladino Lyrics
Al monte de Sinai
Subió el señor Mosé,
Con señor Josuá en compañía,
Porque siempre bien le fué.

Los malachim se espantaron
De ver a un hombre amado;
Y Dios, con su propia mano
La Ley Santa le escribió

Y Dios, con su propia mano
La Ley Santa le escribió
Y en tablas de diamante
A Mosé se la entregó

Ay, mi Dios, te haremos
Santa, Santa, fraguaremos
La menorah encenderemos
Con la ayuda de los cielos

Y en tablas de diamante
A Mosé se la entregó
Y al bajar del monte
Las tablas se le quebró

Y al bajar del monte,
Las tablas se le quebró
Los chachitos que quedaron
Mosé los apañó

Los cachitos que quedaron
Mosé los apañó
Y Mosé, con alegría
A los chiquitos enseño"

English Lyrics
Up to Mount Sinai
Moses climbed up
Accompanied by Joshua
For he had always been good to him

The angels were frightened
To see such a beloved man
And God, with His own hand
Writing for him the Holy Law

And God, with His own hand.
Wrote for him the Holy Law
On tablets of diamonds
And brought them to Moses

Yes, my God we shall make it for You
Holy, holy, we shall build it
We will light the menorah
With help from the heavens

On tablets like diamonds
He brought them to Moses
And as he came down from the Mount
The tablets broke

As he came down from the Mount
The tablets were broken
The little pieces that remained
Were repaired by Moses

The little pieces that remained
Were repaired by Moses
And he joyfully
Showed them to the children

Ladino Lyrics
Al ruido de una fuente
Una zagala vi
Al ruido de la agua
Una voz yo senti
Senti una voz que dizía
Ay de mi, sola en mi

Cuando la vide solica
Le declarí mi amor
Y en su cara bonica
Tres besos le dí
Entonces me dixo la niña
Otros tres se hazen seix

English Lyrics
By the resounding fountain
I saw a young shepherdess
By the resounding water
I heard a voice
I heard a voice saying
Woe is me, alone am I

When I saw her alone
I declared my love to her
And on her pretty face
I gave her three kisses
Then the girl said to me
Another three will make six

Ladino Lyrics
Allí en el midbar vide arrelumbrar
Las tablas de la Ley vide abaxar
Y mirad que siñor es Moxe Rabbenu
Que subio y abaxo a los altos cielos

Los malachim del cielo lo queren quemar
Nacido de mujer, que buxca en santedad?

Los malachim del cielo tienen por el celo
Basar v’adam, que buxca en el cielo?"

English Lyrics
There in the desert I saw burning
I saw the tablets of the Law brought down
And look, this man is our teacher Moses
Who went up and came down from the Heavens

The angels of Heaven want to burn him
Born of woman, what does he look for in sanctity?

The angels of Heaven are envious of him
He is but a man, what does he search for in Heaven?

Ladino Lyrics
Alta, alta va la luna
La hora de amanecer.
Hixa hermoza sin ventura
Nunca llegue a nacer.

Yo era de quinze años
Empecí a hazer l'amor
Con un mancevo berbante,
Que a la fin él me dexó.

Yo era de vanda alta
No savía de servir.
Por cayer con ti berbante,
Vene agora a sofrir.

English Lyrics
High, high, the moon rises
When the dawn arrives
Beautiful, luckless daughter
Never allowed to blossom

I was fifteen years old
When I began to make love
With a young ne’er-do-well
Who eventually left me

I was of noble birth
And didn't know how to serve
But when I fell for you
Then suffering came

Ladino Lyrics
Alta, alta va la luna
Cuando empeza amanecer.
Hija hermoza sin ventura
Nunca llegue a nacer

Los paxaricos de los cielos
Cantan debajo del arbol de flor.
Allí se asentan
Los que sufren del amor

Mis redondas montañas altas
Llevanme onde el mi amor
En sus brazos caeré
Después moriré

Los mis ojos se incheron
De mirar tanto a la mar
Vapores vayan y vienen
Para mi letras no hay

Mama mía, la mi mama
Un consejo da me tu
Un consejo da me mama
Que sin ventura nací

Ah hija mía, mi querida
Que consejo que te de
Sin ventura si nascites
Que no iguaras a nacer

English Lyrics
High, high, the moon rises
When the dawn arrives
Beautiful, luckless daughter
Never allowed to blossom

The birds in the sky
Sing beneath the flowering trees
There they sit
Those who suffer from love

My round and high mountains
Bring me to my beloved
Into his arms I will fall
And then I’ll die

My eyes are swollen
From looking so long at the sea
Ships are come and go
For me there are no letters

Mother, my mother
Give me advice
Give me your advice mother
For I was born without luck

Oh, my daughter, my dear
What advice can I give you
If you were born unlucky
Then you shouldn’t have been born

Ladino Lyrics
Aman doctor, dopa me curía
Porque quero yo vivír
De los lados de la merequía
Muy presto me voy murir

Es lado que duele
El corazon me bate
Y si salgo loca
No hay quien me hace

Amor hizístes
Muy lindo mancebo

Y me derites
Por muelcevo

Amor me repentí

Que amor con ti

English Lyrics
Aman, doctor, medicine will cure me
Because I wish to live
From melancholy and worry
I will soon die

My side is in pain
My heart beats hard
And should I become crazy
There will be no one to take care of me

You made love
You beautiful young man

And you dissolve me
Like a mill grinder

Oh love, I regret

Making love to you

Ladino Lyrics
Yo non havlo con ninguno
Solo con mi primo amor
Ay lele le, ay lele lo

Andemos al café
Yo seré tu cavalier
Ay lele...

Tu sos una roza, tu sos una flor
Cresida en la frescura

Onde el sol no dio
Ay lele…

English Lyrics
I don’t speak to anyone
Only with my first love
Ay lala…

Let’s go to the café
I’ll be your cavalier
Ay lala…

You are a rose, you are a flower
Which blossomed in a cool bower

Where the sun refused to shine
Ay lala…

Ladino Lyrics
Arvoles lloran por lluvia
y montañas por aire
Ansí lloran mis ojos
por ti querido amante
Lloro y digo qué va a ser de mí
En tierras ajenas me vo murir

Blanca sos, blanca vistes
blanca la tu figura
Blancas flores caen de ti
De la tu hermozura
Lloro y digo …

Deshojar quero una roza
y hacerme un vestido
Para irme a pasear con ti
mi querido
Lloro y digo …

Enfrente de mi hay un angelo
con tus ojos me mira
llorar quero y no puedo
mi corazón suspira
Lloro y digo …

English Lyrics
Trees cry for rain
And mountains for air
That is how my eyes weep
For you, beloved
I weep and ask what will become of me
In a far away land I shall die

You’re fair-skinned, you dress in white
Fair is your face
White flowers fall from you
From your beauty.
I weep …

I wish to depetal a rose
And make a garment for myself
In order to go with you,
My dear.
I weep …

There is an angel in front of me
With your eyes he looks at me
I want to cry, but cannot
My heart sighs
I weep …

Ladino Lyrics
Arvolicas de almendra que yo plantí
Por los tus ojos verdolis
Que yo por ti
Que yo por ti me muero yo

La puerta de mi querida ya se avrió
de lagrimas ya se hinchó
Como la primavera qu'ansi salió
la bella niña que amo yo
Que yo por ti ...

Hermoza sos en cantidad, mi querida
a ti dezeo alcancar
Si yo a ti no t'alcancí
mi querida la vida te vo emprezentar
Que yo por ti ...

English Lyrics
The almond trees I planted
Are like your greenish eyes
For you,
For you I’m dying of love

The door of my love has opened
My eyes have swollen with tears
Like the spring she burst forth
The beautiful young girl that I love
For I am dying ...

You are very beautiful my dear
I wish to win you over
If I cannot,
I will make you a gift of my life
For I am dying ...

Ladino Lyrics
Avre este abajour bijou
Avre la tu ventana
Por ver tu cara morena
al Dió daré mi alma

Por la tu puerta yo pasí
Y la topí cerrada
La llavedura yo bezí
Como bezar tu cara

No quiero más que me hables
ni por mi puerta passes
más antes me querías bien
agora te yelates

Si tú de mí t'olvidarás
Tu hermozura piedrarás
Ningun niño t'endeñaras
En los mis brasos mueraras

English Lyrics
Open your shade my jewel
Open your window
To see your dark face
To God I would give my soul

I passed by your door
And found it closed
I kissed the lock
As I would kiss your face

I want nothing more than that you
might talk to me and pass by my door
You used to love me well
Now you have turned cold

Should you forget me
You will lose your beauty
No man will condescend to be with you
And in my arms you’ll die

Ladino Lyrics
Avre tu puerta cerrada
Qu'en tu balcón luz no hay
El amor a ti vela
Partemos mi flor, partemos de aquí

Yo demandí por la tu hermozura
como te la dio el Dió
La hermozura tuya es pura
la meresco sólo yo

English Lyrics
Open your closed door
For on your balcony, there is no light
Love will fly to you
Let's go, my flower
Let's go away from here

I asked for your beauty
How did God give it to you.
Your beauty is pure
Only I deserve it.

Ladino Lyrics
Avrij mi galanika
Que ya v’amanecer
Avrij yo vos avro
Mi lindo amor
La noche yo non durmo
Pensando en vos

Mi padre esta meldando
Se sentira.
Aruvale la ojica
Se durmira

Mi hermano esta excriviendo
Se sentira
Aruvale la pendulica
Se sentira

Mi madre esta
Enfornando
Se sentira
Aruvale la palica
Se sentira

English Lyrics
Open my beauty
For the dawn is near
I will open
My sweet love,
For at night I don’t sleep
Thinking of you

My father is reading
He’ll hear us.
Take away his glasses
He’ll fall asleep.

My brother is writing
He’ll hear us
Take away his pen
He’ll fall asleep

My mother is
Cooking
She’ll hear us
Take away her ladle
She’ll fall asleep

Ladino Lyrics
Axerico de quinze años
Su hermosura es una
Ya empezó hacer l'amor
Como una criatura

Siete ciudades yo pasí
De París hasta Londra
Y cómo a ti yo no topí
Aunque sos morena?

Ah, morena
Morena de mi corazón
Con un bezo y un abrazo
Dámelos tú por amor
Sabrás, la mi querida
Que por tí me muero yo

English Lyrics
A fifteen year old maiden
Beautiful as none other
I have begun to love her
Like a child

I passed through seven cities
From Paris to London
And I found no one like you
Even though you are dark-skinned

Ah, dark one,
Dark one of my heart
With a kiss and an embrace
Give them to me for love
Know, my dear beloved
That for you I would die

Ladino Lyrics
Mancebo, ay mancebo
Ay mancebo tan gentil
Si para Francia vos ibax
al mi amor saludarex

Que senal me dabax dama
Que lo quero conocer
El es alto como el pino
Derecho como el fener

Benea caballo blanco
De los que benea el rey
En su mano la derecha
Una lansa lleva el

English Lyrics
Young man, oh young man
Oh young man so gentle
If you are going to France
Give greetings to my love

What sign do you give me madam
That I may recognize him
He is as tall as a pine
Straight as a beam of light

He rides a white horse
Like the ones the king rides
In his right hand
He carries a lance

Ladino Lyrics
Bin el barach welyum
l'wila ya machlaha
bi ha farach marrum
oula manansaha

Yalilit l'barach
netsa krak el yum
biha kalbi farach
para aliya n'um

Ki eshmera Shabbat
el yish meireini
ot hi l'olmei'ad
beino uveini

English Lyrics
Between yesterday and today
O small and beautiful night
I am very happy and in love
I hope to God I will not forget

O divine night
I remember you
my heart is happy
I have lost my sleep

If I safeguard the sabbath
God will safeguard me
it is an understanding
between Him and me

Ladino Lyrics
Como la rosa en la güerta
Y las flores sin avrir
Ansí es una donzella
A las horas del murir

Tristes horas en el día
Que hazina ya cayó
Como la reina en su lecho
Ya cayó y se desmayó

Lágrimas de una madre
El Dío ya las va sintir
pensa que agora pacites
aspera buen avenir

Su gracia y su mirada
eran mi consolación
al mi lado se asentaba
su mano en mi corazón

Avrid puertas y ventanas
a mi hija acudir
quen la vía la llorava
de ver este angel murir

English Lyrics
Like the rose in the garden
And flowers not yet in bloom
There lies a young maiden
At the hour of death

That day, sad were the hour
As she fell ill
Like the queen on her bed
She lost her strength and fainted

The tears of a mother
God will soon feel them
Though you now feel pain
A better future awaits you

Her grace and her look
Were my consolation.
At my side she would sit
Her hand on my heart.

Open the doors and windows
Come to my daughter
Those who saw her crying
Those who saw this angel die.

Ladino Lyrics
Cuando el rey Nimrod
Al campo salía
Mirava en el cielo
Y en la estreyería
Vido la luz santa
En la giudería
Que havia de nacer
Avraham avinu

Avram avinu, padre querido
Padre bendicho, luz de Israel

La mujer de Terah quedo preñada
De día en día el la preguntava
De que teneix la cara tan demudada
Ella ya savía el bien que tenía

Saludemos al compadre
Y tambien al moël
Que por su zekhut
Mos venga el goël
Y ri'hma a todo Israel

English Lyrics
When King Nimrod
Went out into the fields
He looked at the heavens
And at all the stars
He saw a holy light
Above the Jewish quarter
A sign that Abraham our father
Was about to be born

Abraham our father, beloved father
Blessed father, light of Israel

Terah's wife was pregnant
Day after day he would ask her
Why her face was so changed
She already knew the good thing she had within

Let us greet the godfather
And also the moel
Because of his virtue
May the Messiah come
To redeem all Israel

Ladino Lyrics
Dai de cenar al despozado
Dai de cenar que no ha cenado
Dai de cenar al despozado,
Dai de cenar sopa de nabo.

Parala novia una gallina,
Y para el novio una sardina
Parala novia pan sobado,
Y para el novio de salvado.

Tate Tate, que no hay donde
Dejai el amor para la noche,
Tate Tate, que no hay nada,
Dejai el amor para maňana.

Dai de cenar al despozado
Dai de cenar que no ha cenado
Dai de cenar al desposado,
Dai de cenar sopa de nabo.

Ay ‘al addin, que no hay donde
Dejai el amor para la noche,
Ay ‘al addin, que no hay nada,
Dejai el amor para manana.

English Lyrics
Serve dinner to the groom,
For he has not dined yet.
Serve dinner to the groom
Give him a turnip soup

To the bride a chicken
And to the groom a sardine
To the bride a soft bread
And to the groom what's left

Well, well, there is no place (to go)
Postpone the loving till the night.
Well, well, no rush,
Wait for the morning for love.

Serve dinner to the groom,
For he has not dined yet.
Serve dinner to the groom
Give him a turnip soup

According to the Din (Tora)
Postpone the loving till the night.
According to the Din you should not rush,
Wait for the morning for love

Ladino Lyrics
De las altas mares
Traen una cativa
Cubierta en el oro
Y en la perla fina

En la su frente
Una piedra zafira
Más arrelumbra de noche
Que el sol de a medio día

El Rey era mancevo
Y se enamoraría
La Reina era muchacha
Y se encelaría

English Lyrics
From the high seas,
They bring a captive
Covered with gold
And fine pearls

On her forehead
A sapphire stone
Which gleams brighter in the night
Than the sun at midday

The king was young and handsome
And was to fall in love.
The queen was a maid
And would be jealous.

Ladino Lyrics
Dos de la noche vo partir
con todos mis amigos
Por tu ventana vo pasar
tañendo mandolina

Salid tu madre y me dijo
No tengo hija hermosa.
Hermosa sos en cantidad
honestedad no tienes

Y miliones me darás
mi gente no te querán
Venid, venid, mis amigos
Vos vestires de preto
que 'l alma yo a lavodar
antes de ser el tiempo

English Lyrics
At two o'clock I will pass by
With all my friends
I will stand under your window
Playing my mandolin

Your mother left the house and said
I do not have a beautiful daughter
You are very pretty
But you lack honesty

If you gave me millions
my family does not want you
Come, come my friends
You shall be dressed in black
since my soul

Ladino Lyrics
Dunulá, vos cara de luna
Avrimos la puerta
Que esta haziendo lluvia

Mancevo alto y delicado
Por ver una moza
Quedo dezmayado

Dunulá mi cara de luna
Avrijme la puerta
Que esto en medio la lluvia

De avrirte, avro mi lindo mancevo
Non te doy la mano
Si non te conosco

English Lyrics
Dunula with your moon face
Open the door for us
For it is raining

Tall and delicate young man
To see another beautiful girl
I am faint

Dunula my moon face
Open the door for me
For I’m in the pouring rain

I will open my handsomne one
But won’t give you my hand
If I don’t know you

Ladino Lyrics
Durme, durme hermozo hijico
Durme, durme con savor
Cerra tus luzios ojicos

Durme, durme con savor
A la scola tu te irás
Y la Ley te ambezarás

English Lyrics
Sleep, sleep my beautiful son
Sleep, sleep with pleasure
Close your brilliant eyes

Sleep, sleep with pleasure
You will go to school
And you’ll learn the Law

Ladino Lyrics
Durme, durme mi angelico
Hijico chico de tu nacion
Criatura de Sion
No conoces la dolor
Porque nombre, me demandas?
Porque no canto yo?
Ah, cortaron las, mis alas
y mi voz amudicio
Ah, el mundo de dolor.

English Lyrics
Sleep, sleep, my little angel
Little son of your nation
Infant of Zion
You do not know sorrow
Why do you ask my name?
Why I don't sing?
Ah, they’ve cut my wings
And muted my voice
Ah, the world of pain

Ladino Lyrics
Durme, durme hermoza donzella
Durme, durme, sin ansia ni dolor
Héq tu esclavo con ardor desea
ver tu sueño con grande amor

Siente hermoza, al son de mi guitarra
siente hermoza, mis dertes cantar
Hoy dos años que sufre mi alma
por tí hermoza, mi linda dama

English Lyrics
Sleep, sleep, beautiful maiden
Sleep, sleep, without worry nor sorrow
Your slave with ardor wishes
To see you sleep with great love

Listen, my beauty, to the sound of my guitar
Listen, my beauty, to the sorrows of my song
It has been two years that my soul has suffered
For you my beautiful lady"

Ladino Lyrics
Durmite mi alma
Durmite mi vida
Que tu padre viene
De onde mueva amiga
Muevo amor

Me fui detras de el
Por ver ande iba
Videque se iba
Ande la mueva amiga
Muevo amor

Entri mas adientro
Por ver lo que habia
Vide mesas puestas
Con ricas comidas
Muevo Amor

English Lyrics
Sleep my soul
Sleep my life
For your father comes
From his new friend
New love

I followed him
To see where he was going
I saw that he was going
To his new friend
New love

I ventured further
To see what was there
I saw tables set
With delicious foods
New love

Ladino Lyrics
El Dío alto con su gracia
Mos mande muncha ganansia
No veamos mal ni ansia
A mos y a todo Israel

Bendicho el Abastado
Que mos dio dia honrado
Cada Shabbat mejorado
A mos y a todo Israel

Venid todos ajuntemos
Su nombre bendizeremos
Y de El demandaremos
La bendicion de Israel

English Lyrics
The Lord on high
The Lord on high with His grace
Sends us much good fortune
We do not see evil nor worry
We and all of Israel

Blessed is the Almighty
Who gave us an honored day
Each Shabbat a better one
For us and all of Israel

Come, let us all gather
His name we shall bless
And we will ask of Him
The blessing for Israel

Ladino Lyrics
El día vo llorando
La noche sin durmir
Demandando y preguntando
Fin a cuando vo sufrir

Alta va la luna
Cuando empesa a amanecer
Hija hermosa sin ventura
Nunca allegue a nacer

Que buxcas túmancevico
Estas horas por aquí
Vengo a ver a mi amada
Que mañana vo a partir

Con quéardor te amo
La cual es mi dolor
Pedrer tus esperansas
Murir será mijor

Cuando el viento de la sera
Murmura en tu ventana
Recórdate túmi amada
Los puntos de muestro amor

English Lyrics
I cry throughout the day
At night I cannot sleep
Asking again and again
When will my suffering cease

High goes the moon
When it begins to rise
Beautiful girl without happiness
Never asking to be born

What do you seek young man
At this hour in these parts
I come to see my love
For tomorrow I must leave

I love you with such ardor
And such is my pain
That better it is to die
Than to lose all hope

When the evening wind
Murmurs at your window
Remember my beloved
The sweet moments of our love

Ladino Lyrics
Prima vez que yo pasí
Te vide en el balcón
La mirada que me miras
Me quema el corazón

Si yo me asento en el balcón
No lo hago por mirar
Pensando en mi destino
Yo me meto a llorar

Cual seria mi destino
Lo queria ahora entender
Dimelo amor y si túqueres
Te lo hare defender

De amor d’un mancevo
No me puedes defender
Se infincóen el mi corazón
Que me vo a depedrer

Ma porquémi querida
Túme hablas siempre ansí
Una vez que ya lo sabes
Que yo siempre en ti pensí

No topídingún provecho
Si yo pensaréen ti
Munchas vezes ya lo hize
Ma siempre me arrepentí

Una tala respuesta
No esperaba yo sentir
Me plazía mas la muerte
Que tu amor consenter

English Lyrics
The first time I passed by
I saw you on the balcony
The glance you cast my way
Burned in my heart

If I sit on the balcony
I don’t do it to look at passersby
Thinking of my fate
I begin to cry

What will be my destiny
I want to understand it now
Tell it to me love, and if you wish
I’ll be there to protect you

You cannot protect me
From the one I love
He has entered my heart
And I am losing myself

But tell me my love
Why you always speak to me like this
You must know
That I think of you always

Well there’s absolutely no use
In thinking of you
I’ve done it in the past
But always regretted doing so

Such an answer
I did not expect
I would rather die
Than consent to loving you

Ladino Lyrics
Estabase el Pai Pero sentadito al sol
Con las manos puestas
Y afuera el cordon
Y alalan y alalan…

Mirole las damas desde el corredor
Que's eso Paipero
Que's eso señor
Que es eso que asoma por el pantalon

Eso son las balas de la municion
Esa es la escopeta
Con que cargo yo
Alalan y alalan…

Suba usted Paipero, suba usted señor
No puedo señoras
No puedo por Dios
Que para tantas damas no hay abasticion

Quiso que no quiso arriba subio
Con aguas de rosas
Lavaranselo
Con toallas de holanda secaranselo

Y en un pesito de oro pesaronselo
Y ciento veinte libras y mas un cuarteron
A medianoche l’arquita revento y 120 damas a todas empreno
Menos la cocinera que se le olvido

No falto señora que aqui lo traigo yo
Y entre los anaines alli se la empuxo
De la fortaleza la pare cayo con pluma de gallina
La pare enformo

Y a los nueve meses todas parieron
Todas paren niñas
la cocinera varon
Y alalan y alalan…

Ciento veinte cunas, todas en un corredor
Menos la de la cocinera
Que en el techo la colgo
Cordon del frailecico, que rico cordon

English Lyrics
Brother Peter was sitting in the sun
Wth his white underwear
With hands on his rope
And alalan and alalan…

The nuns watched him from the corridor:
What is this rising from your pants Brother Peter?
It is the shotgun which I pack
With bullets for ammunition

Rise up Brother Peter, rise now
I cannot, I cannot by God
For so many ladies
I just don’t have enough

Reluctantly he stood up
With rose water
They washed him
And with towels from Holland they dried him

On a scale of gold they weighed him
One hundred-twenty pounds and a quarter
At midnight the charge exploded to impregnate 120 women
Minus the cook which he had forgotten

Thank you Brother Peter, but for me you were in short supply
No I wasn’t, I’m bringing it to you now
Between the stoves he pushed against her and from his strength
The wall fell like the feather of a chicken

And after nine months
They all gave birth to girls
Except the cook to a boy
And alalan and alalan…

120 cradles all in a corridor
Less the cook’s
For they hung her up on the roof
The little brother’s rope, what sweet rope

Ladino Lyrics
El Rey de Francia tres hijas tenía
La una lavrava y la otra cuzía
La mas chica de ellas bastidor hazía
Lavrando, lavrando sueno le callo

Su madre que la via aharvar la quería
No m’aharvex mi madre ni m’aharvariax
Un sueno me sonaba bien y alegría
Sueno vos soñavax yo vo lo soltaría

M’apari a la puerta vide la luna entera
M’apari a la ventana vide la estrella Diana
M’apari al pozo vide un pilar de oro
Con tres paxaricos picando el oro

La luna entera es la tu suegra
La estrella Diana es la tu cuñada
Los tres paxaricos son tus cuñadicos
Y el pilar de oro el hijo del rey tu novio

English Lyrics
The King of France had three daughters
One of them embroidered and the other sewed
The youngest one was making a tapestry
While working she soon fell asleep

Her mother, seeing this, wanted to speak to her
Do not speak to me mother, don’t interrupt me
I was in the middle of a very happy dream
You were having a dream, I will explain it for you

At the door I saw the full moon appear before me
At the window I saw the star Diana appear before me
At the well I saw a golden bowl appear before me
With three little birds pecking at the gold

The full moon is your mother-in-law
The star Diana is your sister-in-law
The three little birds are your brothers-in-law
And the golden bowl is the king’s son, your husband

Ladino Lyrics
El rey por muncha madruga
El rey por muncha madruga
Onde la reina iba
Onde la reina iba

A la reina topo en cavellos
Peinandose sus destrensados.
Con espejo de oro en sus manos
Mirandose su bel galano

El rey por burlar con ella
El rey por burlar con ella
Le apreto el lado
Le apreto el lado

Estate Angelino
El mi primer enamorado
Dos hijos tengo tuyos
Y dos del rey se hacen cuatro

Escapando estas palavras
La su cara aboltaría
Pardon sinor rey
Un sueño soltaría

Sueno vos soñaríax
Yo vo lo soltaría
Con un vestido blanco
Y un collar colorado.

English Lyrics
The king, who rises early in the morning
The king, who rises early in the morning
Went to see his queen.
Went to see his queen.

He found her with loosened hair
Combing out her tresses.
With a golden mirror in her hand
Looking at her beautiful body

The king in jest
The king in jest
Touched her on her side
Touched her on her side

Be still, Angelino
My first lover
I have two sons by you
And two by the king makes four
Having uttered these words
she turned her face
Pardon me my king
I must have been relating a dream

You may have been dreaming
But I will explain it to you
With a white dress
And a red necklace

Ladino Lyrics
En la mar hay una torre
En la torre una ventana
En la ventana hay una hija
Que a los marineros llama

Dame tu mano palomba
Quero suvir a tu nido
Maldicha que durme sola
Vengo a durmir contigo

Si la mar era de leche
Yo me haría pexcador
Pexcaréa mis dolores
Con palavricas de amor

Si la mar era de leche
Yo me haria vendedor
Caminando y pregundando
D'onde s'empeza l'amor

No me matas con cuchillo
Ni menos con revolver
Matame con tus amores
Qu’en tus brazos muerere

English Lyrics
In the sea there is a tower
In the tower, a window
In the window a young girl
Who calls out to the sailors

Give me your hand my dove
I wish to climb up to your nest
Cursed is the one who sleeps alone
I am coming to sleep with you

If the sea were milk
I would become a fisherman
And fish for my sorrows
With little words of love

If the sea were milk
I would become a merchant.
Travelling and asking
Where does love begin

Do not kill me with a knife
Nor with a gun
Kill me with your love
For in your arms I wish to die

Ladino Lyrics
Entre las huertas paseando
Entre el yasimin
Vidíuna hija muy hermosa
Enfrente de mi
Ella es hermosa y muy graciosa
Que me hizo tresaillir

Yo me acerquíal lado de ella
La vidíllorando
Las lagrimas sobre sus ojos
Perlas brillando
Le dixe que tienes, que te consientes
Quien te hizo suffrir

Lloro por un mancevico
Que por el me muero yo
Día y noche estoy llorando
Al Dío esclamando
Oh Dío mío y piadoso
Escápame de éste amor

English Lyrics
Strolling amid the orchards
Amid the jasmine
I saw a very beautiful girl
In front of me
She was beautiful and so graceful
That she made me tremble

I approached her side
I saw her crying
Tears upon her eyes
Shining pearls
I asked her what is wrong, what troubles you
Who made you suffer

I cry for a young man
For whom I am dying
Day and night I am crying
Pleading to God
Oh my merciful God
Free me from this love

Ladino Lyrics
Esta montaña d'enfrente
S'asiende ya va quemando
Allí pedrí al mi amor
M'asento y vo llorando

Arvolico de jazmin
En la puerta emplantados
te engrandecí, te enflorescí
Otros te están gozando

Arvolico de menekhse
Yo la ensembrí en mi huerta
Yo la crecí y lo engrandecí
Otros s'están gozando

Fidanico de jazmin
te engrandecí en mis brasos
Te engrandecí, te enflorescí
Otros te estan gozando

English Lyrics
This mountain in front
Is on fire and goes on burning
There I lost my love
I sit down and cry

Little tree of jasmine
Planted at the door
I made you grow and flower
Others are now enjoying you

Little tree of ‘meneshke’
I grew it in my garden
I made you grow and flower
Others are now enjoying you

Young blossom of jasmine
I made you grow in my arms
I made you grow and flower
Others are now enjoying you

Ladino Lyrics
Esta noche de Purim
Beve el vino vinagró
Vino, gallinas y arróz
Que lo manda Alveró

Vivas tú, vivo yo
Vivan todos los judíos
Viva la reina Ester
Que tanto placer nos dió

Mordecai, el buen judío
Que está en las cortes del rey
Amán no lo pudo ver
Porque no se encorvó a él

English Lyrics
This night of Purim
Drink the vinegary wine
Wine, chickens and rice
That Alvero sent us

Long life to you, long life to me
Long life to all Jews
Long life to Oueen Esther
Who gave us so much pleasure

Mordecai, the good Jew
Who is in the King’s courts
Where Haman couldn’t bear to see him
As he refused to bow down to him"

Ladino Lyrics
Esta noche es alavada
De encender luzes de maziadas
La criatura sea guadrada
Con Eliyahu hanavi

English Lyrics
This night is praised
Lights in our houses are kindled
The child is safe
With the prophet Elijah

Ladino Lyrics
Esta Rajel lastimoza
La estima quel Dio la dio
Siendo mujer de quien era
Mujer del gobernador
‘Awed, ‘Awed

Un dia salio al paseo
Con sus damas de honor
S’encontro con un mancebo
Que la trataba de amor
‘Awed, ‘Awed

La mandara una carta
Declarándola su amor
La mandara un anillo
Que media cuidad valió
‘Awed, ‘Awed

La mando munchos regalos
Alhajas de gran valor
El oro no vale nada
La piedra es de valor
‘Awed, ‘Awed

Mas todo se lo volviera
Que cazada era Rajel
El gobernador selozo
De todo fue sabido
‘Awed, ‘Awed

Y el gobernador furioso
A su caza se marcho
Con el puňal que traia
La puerta la desquicio
‘Awed, ‘Awed

A la entrada mas adientro
Al mancebo se topo
Con el puňal que traia
De puñaladas le dio
‘Awed, ‘Awed

Y un poquito mas adentro
Con su Rajel se encontro
No me matis de repente
Ya habia confesado
‘Awed, ‘Awed

A confesar de mis pecados
Que en el mundo hecho yo
Con el puňal que traia
La cabeza la cortó
‘Awed, ‘Awed

English Lyrics
Esteemed Rachel
Blessed by God
Being the wife of the governor
Awed…

As she was walking one day
With her ladies in waiting
She met a young man
Who treated her amorously
Awed…

He sent her a letter
Declaring his love
He sent her a ring
Which was costly as a half town
Awed…

He sent her many gifts
Precious jewelry
with gemstones more precious
than gold
Awed…

Would she return the gifts?
For Rachel was married
And the jealous governor
Knew of everything
Awed…

The furious governor
Walked to his home
And with his famous fist
Knocked the door at once
Awed…

At the entrance
He found the young man.
And with his famous fist
He beat him at once
Awed…

A little further inside
He saw his Rachel
Please do not kill me
I have confessed, she said
Awed…

Confessed of my wrongdoing
In this world
But, he, with his famous fist
Cut off her head at once
Awed…

Ladino Lyrics
Estavase la mora
En su bel estar
Venia la moxca
Por hazerle mal
La moxca a la mora
Mezquina la mora
Que en los campos mora

Estavase la moxca
En su bel estar
Venia la abezha
Por hazerle mal
La abezha a la moxca
La moxca a la mora
Mezquina la mora
Que en los campos mora

Estavase la asbezha
En su bel estar
Venia la araña
Por hazerle mal
La araña a la abezha
La abezha a la moxca
La moxca a la mora
Mezquina la mora
Que en los campos mora

English Lyrics
There was the Moorish girl
In her happy state
Along came the fly
To do her harm
The fly to the girl
Wretched is the girl
Who dwells in the fields

There was the fly
In its happy state
Along came the wasp
To do it harm
The wasp to the fly
The fly to the girl.
Wretched is the girl
Who dwells in the fields

There was the wasp
In its happy state
Along came the spider
To do it harm
The spider to the wasp
The wasp to the fly
The fly to the girl
Wretched is the girl
Who dwells in the fields

Ladino Lyrics
Esturulu no come carne
porque quiere casa aparte
Esturulu, Esturulu, Esturulu
Esturulu de la mama
No me tengas ningún mal

Esturulu se fue al pozo
Para ver su hermozo
Esturulu, Esturulu, Esturulu
Esturulu de la mama
No me tengas ningún mal

Esturulu se fue al tejado
Para ver su enamorado
Esturulu, Esturulu, Esturulu
Esturulu de la mama
no me tengas ningún mal

English Lyrics
Esturulu does not eat meat
As she wants a house apart
Esturulu
Mama's Esturulu
May trouble never come upon you

Esturulu went to the well
To see her handsome one
Esturulu…
Mama's Esturulu
May trouble never come upon you

Esturulu went to the roof
To see her love
Esturulu…
Mama’s Esturulu
May trouble never come upon you

Ladino Lyrics
Fel sharah canet betet masha
La signorina aux beaux yeux noirs
Come la luna etait la sua faccia
qui eclairait le boulevard

Volevo parlar shata metni
Because her father was a la gare
E con su umbrella darabetni
En reponse a mon bonsoir

Perque my dear tetrabini
Cuando yo te amo kitir
And if you want tehebini
Il n’y pas lieu de nous conquerir

Tutta la notte achlabiki
Et meme jusqu’au lever du jour
And every morning astanaki
Pour le voeu de notre amour

English Lyrics
The girl with beautiful dark eyes
Was strolling down the street
Her face, lovely as the moon
Lit up the boulevard

I wanted to speak to her, but she insulted me
As her father was at the train station nearby
With her umbrella, she hit me
In reply to my greeting

Why hit me my dear
When I’m so in love with you?
If you want to show me your love
Then we musn’t quarrel

All night I’ll wait for you
Even until dawn
And every morning thereafter
For the sake of our love"

Ladino Lyrics
Fiestaremos juntos gloriozos
El dia de hoy con gozo
Dia alegre es nombrado
Con plaser de judios es membrado

Este dia es alegría.
Mos recuerda la manzía,
De ver a los Judios sofriendo
Y a la fin salvasión ya tuvieron

Dos mil años de tan desgracia,
Sin poder reposar, y sin eshueño,
Arastando mil y un lugar,
Sin tener un lugar para reposar

Alsaremos la bandiera
Por amor de muestra tierra,
Con sudor de Judios arofiadas
Con rosas y cunjas asembradas

English Lyrics
Let us celebrate together
This day with gladness
It is a day of happiness,
That Jews joyfully remember

This day is happiness
Though it reminds us of the anguish,
And suffering of the Jews,
But in the end salvation was theirs

Two thousand years of such disgrace,
Unable to rest and without a dream,
Wandering through a thousand and one places,
And yet with no place to rest

Let us raise the flag
For the love of our land,
Watered with Jewish sweat,
And planted with roses

Ladino Lyrics
Avridme galanika que ya va amanecer
Avrid, ya vos avro, mi lindo amor
La noche non düermo pensando a vos

La manachi está durmiendo, y mos sentirá
Arrovemos de la sirma vamos a echar

Siñor padre está escriviendo y mos sentirá
Arrovemos de la tinta vamos a echar

Toda la noche, toda, vos estuve asperando,
Con las puertas aviertas, cirios arrelumbrando

English Lyrics
Open my young beauty for dawn is coming
I open for you my beautiful love
at night I don't sleep thinking of you

My mother is sleeping and she'll hear us
Let's steal her embroidery and throw it away

My father is writing and he'll hear us
Let's steal his ink and throw it away

All night I wait for you
With open doors and candles shining

Ladino Lyrics
¡Ay, quién tuviera la dicha
de ganar lo bien servido,
como tuvo Gerineldo
siendo del rey bien querido!
Una mañana de junio
se levantó Gerineldo
a dar agua a sus caballos
a las orillas del mar.
Mientras los caballos beben
Gerineldo echa un cantar,
y la infanta que le oye
pronto le empezó́ a llamar:
—Gerineldo, Gerineldo,
mi camarero leal,
si fueras rico en hacienda
como eres galán pulido,
dichosa fuera la dama
que se casara contigo.
—Como soy criado vuestro,
señora, burláis conmigo.
—No me burlo, Gerineldo,
que de veras te lo digo:
¡Quién te cogiera una noche
tres horas a mi albeldrío!

English Lyrics
Oh, whoever had the good fortune
to win what was deserved
as had Gerineldo
being well loved by the king!
One morning in June
Gerineldo got up
to give water to his horses
by the seashore.
While the horses were drinking
Gerineldo began to sing,
and the princess who heard him
instantly began to call out:
—Gerineldo, Gerineldo,
my loyal servant,
if you were as rich in land
as you are in good looks,
the lady would be lucky
who married you.
—As I am your servant,
my lady, you mock me.
—No, I am not mocking you, Gerineldo,
what I tell you is the truth:
Oh, to have a night with you,
three hours at my disposal!

Ladino Lyrics
Seix de la noche vo pasar
Con todos mis amigos
En tu ventana vo pozar
Tañendo mandolino

Aman, aman, gülpembe
Nebe güzalik sende

Sale a la puerta te verex
Sale a la ventana
Avlame y descúvreme
Secretos de mi alma

Por a tu puerta yo pazí
Y la topí cerrada
La llave dura yo bezí
Como bezar tu cara

En el café del amanecer
Hay luces de colores
Ansíesta mi corazon
Quemando de amores

English Lyrics
Six in the evening I stroll
With all my friends
I stop by your window
Playing the mandolin

Aman, aman, she is beautiful
Like a blossoming rose

Come to the door, I’ll see you
Come to the window
Talk to me and reveal to me
The secrets of your soul

I passed by your door
And found it closed
So I kissed the key
As I would kiss your face

In the caféat dawn
There are lights and colors
That is how my heart
Is burning with love

Ladino Lyrics
Hamisha Asar, Hamisha Asar
Ven a ver mos, vamos kantar

La balabaya mos aspera
Kon kintze platos de fruta

Bendicho su nombre, Sinyor del mundo
Frutas de Israel

Hamisha Asar, Hamisha Asar
Ven a ver mos, vamos balyar

La balabaya mos aspera
Kon la baklaba i kave

English Lyrics
Feast Of Fruits, Feast Of Fruits
Come and see us, we'll sing.

The hostess is waiting for us,
With fifteen plates of fruit.

Blessed is thy name, Lord of the world,
Fruits of Israel,

Feast Of Fruits, Feast Of Fruits
Come and see us, we'll dance.

The hostess is waiting for us,
With baklava and coffee,

Ladino Lyrics
Hanuka, Hanuka
Ocho diyas di felisita,

Hanuka, Hanuka
Ocho diyas di kantar,

Hanuka, Hanuka
Ocho diyas di baliyar,

Hanuka, Hanuka
Ocho diyas di guzar,

English Lyrics
Hanukah, Hanukah,
Eight days of happiness,

Hanukah, Hanukah,
Eight days of singing,

Hanukah, Hanukah,
Eight days of dancing,

Hanukah, Hanukah,
Eight days of enjoying,

Ladino Lyrics
Hazeremos una merenda
Cuala hora? Vo lo dire
Yaraman, enrume aman

La una quita l’azeite
De un teneque hasta diez

La otra quita l’harina
De un saco hasta diez

Para hazer burmuelos
En los días de Hanukah

English Lyrics
We shall make a meal
At what hour? I shall tell you
Yaraman enrume aman

One removes the oil
From the can up to ten

The other takes the flour
From a sack up to ten

To make burmuelos
During the days of Hanukah

Ladino Lyrics
Hija mia mi querida
Aman, aman, aman
No te eches a la mar
Que la mar esta enfortuna
Mira que te va llevar

Que me lleve que me traiga
Aman, aman, aman
Siete puntas de hondor
Que m’engluta pexe preto
Para salvar de l’amor

English Lyrics
My daughter, my dear
Aman, aman, aman
Don’t throw yourself into the sea
For the sea is stormy
It is going to carry you away

May it take me, may it pull me down
Aman, aman, aman
Seven fathoms deep
May a black fish swallow me up
To save me from love

Ladino Lyrics
Vyarnes, gizo i skumparto
Vyarnes, marido asibivaj Vos
Kuando ke Vos lavro este
Lindo bastidor
Kuando ke Vos lavro este
Lindo bastidor.

Shabat maldo i kanto
Alhad la kulada
Lunis dublar la lulada
Martis kuzir kun la kusuegra
Myerkulis alimpyar la kaza
Dyuevis vizitar la mi Madri

English Lyrics
Friday, I cook and I chop,
Friday, a long life to you my husband,
When will I find the time to embroider you
A beautiful vest,
When will I find the time to embroider you
A beautiful vest.

Sabbath, I pray and I sing,
Sunday, I must wash,
Monday, I must fold,
Tuesday, I will sow with my mother in law,
Wednesday, clean the house
Thursday, I'll visit my mother.

Ladino Lyrics
Ir me quero la mi madre
Por estos campos me iré
Y fraguaréuna kuliva
Una kuliva fraguaré

Por afuera de lodo
Y por adientro l’ancalaré
El que de alli pasara
Arriva lo suviré

El que conte los sus males
Y los mios contaré
Si los suyos seran mas de los mios
A pasencia ls tomaré

English Lyrics
I wish to go mother
Through these fields I will go
And I shall build a cabin
A cabin I shall build

With mud on the outside
And rich on the inside
Whoever passes by from those parts
I’ll take him in

He who tells me of his sorrows
I shall also tell of my own
If his are worse than mine
I’ll take them in with patience

Ladino Lyrics
Judia, Judia será tu nombre...

Mi frente besó mi madre kuando nasi
un beso de amor
me dió mi madre kuando nasi.

Entokando la dolor me decia:
Judia, Judia, será tu nombre [x2]

Kandelas de shabat asendió madre
inflamando mis ojos.
Kantes de fiesta kantan mi padre,
asendieron mi korason.

Y él me decia:
Judia, Judia, será tu nombre [x2]

En mis ojos pretos,
en mis pretos kaveyos
ya amaste mi nasion
briyan komo kandelas
kandelas sin konsolasión.

Silenciosa, amataldosen, decian:
Judia, Judia, será tu nombre [x2]

I me keria fuir,
piedrerme en el kamino,
no llevar la dolor en mi pecho
en mi pecho no llevar el horror
de la mala siñala, moría,
quien gritava y llorava en el rio."

English Lyrics
Judia, Judia will be your name

At birth my mother kissed my forehead,
A loving kiss
She gave to me when I was born.

Filled with sorrow she said:
Your name will be Judia

She lit the Sabbath candles,
they illuminated my eyes
my father sang the festive songs,
which lodged in my heart.

And he said to me:
Your name will be Judia

In my dark eyes,
in my dark hair
the love for my country
burned like candles
like candles of consolation.

Silently, as they burned out they said:
Your name will be Judia

And I wanted to flee,
to lose myself on the path
and to no longer carry this pain in my heart
this horrible sign upon my breast
as they died screaming
and crying by the river.

Ladino Lyrics
Ken es esto en la ventana
Ke mi mostra tanto amor
O sono las streyas de la manyana
O son los ojos de mi amor

Si mi korason ventana tenía
De poder adientro mirar
O kampos i vinyas se despertavan
De veder tanto dolor.

English Lyrics
Who is this at the window,
Who shows me so much love?
Is it the morning stars,
Or the eyes of my love?

If my heart had a window,
And could look inside,
Fields and vineyards would awaken,
From seeing so much pain.

Ladino Lyrics
Ken kere tomar konsejo,
Ke venga aki yo le dare,
Ken kere gozar mansevo,
Ke no se kaze a la viejes.

Digo yo por mis pekados,
Ke me kazi de trenta sej,
Ke no tenia dizisej,
Yo un ombre gastador,
Gasti lo mio i lo suyo,
I loke su padre mos dyo.

Agora por este pekado,
Yo me fize kargador,
Eya avre la lana,
Yo enkargo el algodon.

A mi no me pario mi madre,
Para ke avre lana yo,
Sino mis manikas blankas,
A mi no me pario mi madre,
Para ke sea enkargador,
Gastimos miyo i lo tuyo,
I loke tu padre mos dyo.

English Lyrics
El Que Quiera Tomar Consejo
El que quiera tomar consejo,
Que venga aquí y yo le daré,
El que quiera gozar de la soltería,
No debe casarse en su vejez.

Lo digo yo por mis pecados,
Que me case a los treinta y seis,
Me dieron una niña,
Que ni siquiera tenia dieciséis,
Era una mujer pomposa,
Yo era un hombre gastador,
Gaste lo mio y lo suyo,
Todo lo que su padre nos dio.

Ahora por este pecado,
Yo me hice estibador,
Ella carda la lana,
Y yo cargo balas de algodón.

A mi no me pario mi madre,
Para que cardara la lana yo,
Mis manitas blancas,
Deberían trabajar con seda,

A mi no me pario mi madre,
Para que sea un estibador,
Gastamos lo mio y lo tuyo,
Todo lo que tu padre nos dio.

Ladino Lyrics
Los gayos empesan a kantar
Ya es la ora de alevantar
Non esperemos el sol i el diya
Impies la alegra kompania

Despues l'avdala a Shadrvan
Kon las chichekas balyar i kantar
Ala manyana al klaro del diya
Se disfazio la kompania.

English Lyrics
The roosters start to sing,
It's time to get up,
Let's not wait for the light of day,
On your feet, happy companions.

After Havdalah, on to Shadrvan,
To dance and sing with the girls,
In the morning, in the light of day,
Our companions disperse.

Ladino Lyrics
L’amor es komo las flores
La ermozura de mucha kolor
Komo la roza dulse i rozada
Komo il guezmu de fresku yazmin

L’amor es komo las flores
La ermozura de mucha kolor
Komo la kuna kun la madre i su fiziku
I la orasyon de Shema Israel

S’il Dyo mos da, buena mansivez
Kun amor, vyene buena vijez
Komo la roza dulse i rozada
I las flores de Shabat"

English Lyrics
Love is like the flowers,
The beauty of many colors,
Like the sweet and blushing rose,
Like the scent of fresh jasmine,

Love is like the flowers,
The beauty of many colors,
Like the cradle with mother and child,
And a prayer of Shema Israel,

If God gives us, a good youth,
With love, will come a good old age,
Like the sweet and blushing rose,
And the flowers of Shabbat.

Ladino Lyrics
Padre Santo
En esta klara i solemna ora
Ke esto despuesta para
Bendizir a mis fijus
Segun el dezeo de madre ke konsiento
Se, O Diyo siempre pronto
A eskuchar de los altos sielos
Mi orasion i bendision ke yo
Bendigo a mis fijus
Mi Diyo.

Tu ke me iziste alargar la vida
En dandome fijus a mi lado
As me esta buendad
Emprezenta me los para
Buena vida
I ventura
I meresime a ver, kun mis
Ojus, sus muzal
I sus prospero inflorisido,
Padre piyadozo.

English Lyrics
Almighty God,
In this clear and solemn hour,
I wish to bless my children,
As a mother who feels deeply,
Please, God, always be willing
To listen in the heavens above,
To my prayer and benediction,
For my children,
My God.

You have lengthened my life,
By giving me children to stay by me,
Let me deserve,
That you give them a good life,
And fortune,
And let me see with my own
Eyes, their good fortune
And their prosperity,
Merciful God.

Ladino Lyrics
La comida la mañana
La tadre la traigo atras
Que lo sepa la mi madre
Que yo quero t’espozar

Una hora en la ventana
Otra hora en el balcon
Que lo sepa la mi madre
que yo tengo mucho amor

No se burle la mi madre
No se burle del amor
Ella cuando era moza
Hizo amor con mi señor

Yo lo hize la mi hija
Yo lo hize con l’amor
No son como los de agora
Que deshan con la dolor

English Lyrics
The morning meal
I’m late bringing it to you
For my mother knows
I want to marry you

An hour by the window
An hour at the balcony
My mother knows
How much I love you

Don’t make fun of me mother
Don’t make fun of love
You made love with my father
When you were young

Yes I did my daughter
But I did it with love
I am not like the young women of today
Who are forsaken and left to grieve

Ladino Lyrics
Il nono mos yama
Alas sinko de la manyana
Il gayo sta gritando
A todos despertando

Desha me a dormir
No me kero alvantar
Desha me a dormir
Il Dio mi va perdonar

Ermozas ijikas
Fazieron las burikitas
Todos las stan komiendo
Il raki ya sta biviendo

English Lyrics
Grandfather calls for us,
At five in the morning,
The rooster is crowing,
Awakening all.

Let me sleep,
I don't want to get up,
Let me sleep,
God will forgive me.

Beautiful daughters,
They've made pastries,
Everyone is eating them,
And have started drinking brandy.

Ladino Lyrics
El alto Siñor mos dio
Una ley muy estimada
En Sinay la descendió
Por ser cosa muy preciada
Tomimos cosa alavada
De mano de nuestro Dio

Hodúl’Adonay qui tov
Qui l’olam chasdó

Bindicho sea muestro Dío
Su nombre es alavado
Que Túeres Sabidor
Estamos a Túmandado
Tús hijos mos has llamado
Que no creemos en otro dío

Grandes bozes y trunidos
En el monte fueron dados
De ver fuego y maravilla
Los jidiós son atorvados
Y Moxécon sus hermanos
Piadad demandó del Dío

Dixo el Siñor del mundo
Ven aquíhijo Moxé
Que tu eres sin segundo
Como dize el melosé
Yo por ti muy bien lo sé
Que no crees en otro dío

Arriba subióMoxé
A recibir la Torah
Se bevióun vaso de fiel
Por no servir avodázará
Ya no sabe lo que hará
Piadad demanda del Dío

English Lyrics
The Lord on high gave to us
A much respected law
Brought down from Sinai
We accepted this most sacred
And glorious gift
From the hand of our God

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good
And His mercy endures forever

Blessed be our God
His name is praiseworthy
For You are our Savior
We are at Your command
Your sons have been called
For we do not believe in another god

Great voices and thunder
On the mountain were heard
To see fire and wondrousness
The Jews are confused
And Moses with his brothers
Asked God for mercy

The Lord of the world spoke
Come here Moses my son
For you have no equal
As it is said
And I well know
That you believe in no other god

Moses went up
To receive the Torah
Awestruck and nervous
Afraid he would fail in his task
And not knowing what to do
He asked God for mercy

Ladino Lyrics
La madre de la novia dize que la perdonís
Cuando case a su hijo mejor lo comerís
Buenas comidas, buenas compañas

La madre de la novia dize que la perdonís
Poniendo tefellines mejor lo comerís.
Buenas comidas...

La madre de la novia dize que la perdonís
Cuando apalabre a Juda' mejor lo comerís.
Buenas comidas...

English Lyrics
The bride’s mother asks to be forgiven
When she marries her son you will eat better
Good food, good company

The bride’s mother asks to be forgiven
When the tefillin are donned you will eat better
Good food…

The bride’s mother asks to be forgiven
When Judah speaks we will eat better
Good food…

Ladino Lyrics
Kuandu entras la kaza,
Beza la mezuza,
Kun un beziko,
Dulsi i savroziko.

Kuandu salis di kaza,
Beza la mezuza,
Kun un beziko,
Dulsi i savroziko.

English Lyrics
When you enter the house,
Kiss the mezuzah,
With a little kiss,
That's sweet and tasty.

When you leave the house,
Kiss the mezuzah,
With a little kiss,
That's sweet and tasty.

Ladino Lyrics
La rosa linda salio a la mar
Ay sarica, linda y hermozica
Traeme agua

No te puedo yo traerte agua
Soy descalza, me cayo rocío
Yo me vo helar

Quite galechas mete zapatos
Si el Dío grande el me ayuda
Yo te vo mercar zapatos del capan

No me prema mi que me merques tu
Padre tengo mercader muy grande
El me mercara zapatos del capan

English Lyrics
The pretty rose went out to the sea
Oh, my beautiful young girl
Bring me water

I cannot bring you water
I am barefoot, the dew has fallen
And I will freeze

Take off your slippers, put shoes on
If the great God helps me
I will buy you shoes at the market

Do not lavish your gift upon me
My father has a very large store
He will buy me shoes at the market

Ladino Lyrics
Entre la mar y el río
hay un arvol de bimbrillo
echate a la mar

Mi espozica esta en el bano
vestida de colorado
echate a la mar y alcanza

Sí, a la mar yo ben m’echava
si la sirena licencia me dava
echate a la mar y alcanza

Mi espozica esta en el río
vestida de amarillo
echate a la mar y alcanza

Entre la mar y la arena
hay un arvol de canela
echate a la mar y alcanza

English Lyrics
Between the sea and the river
There is a quince tree
Throw yourself into the sea

My wife is bathing
Dressed in red
Throw yourself into the sea and reach for me

Yes, I would throw myself into the sea
If the mermaid allowed me to catch her
Throw yourself into the sea and reach for me

My wife is in the river
Dressed in yellow
Throw yourself into the sea and reach for me

Between the sea and the sand
There is a cinnamon tree
Throw yourself into the sea and reach for me

Ladino Lyrics
La soledad de la nochada
Muy dezolada, ah, me vo morir
Mi alma es triste y dolorosa
Nunca repoza, ah, del mal sufrir

English Lyrics
The loneliness of the night
So desolate, ah, I shall die
My soul is sad and in pain
It never rests from this awful suffering

Ladino Lyrics
La vida do por el raquí
yo no puedo dexarlo
de bever nunca me hartí
de tanto amarlo

Cuando estáen el barmil
No havlo con ninguno
Cuando me hago kior kandil
Me caigo en el lodo

Me siento yo hijo barón
Me siento yo primero
Sin una lira al caxon
Me siento millonario

English Lyrics
I give my life for arak
I cannot give it up
I’ve never gotten tired of drinking
Of loving the drink so much

When it’s in the barrel
I talk to one
When I’ve lit it up
I fall in the mud

I feel like a viril young man
I feel on top of the world
Without a lira to my name
I feel like a millionaire

Ladino Lyrics
Onde esta la yave ke estava in kaxun?
Onde esta la yave ke estava in kaxun?
Mis nonus se la truxerun kon grande dolor,
de su kaza de Espanya, de Espanya
suenyos de Espanya...
suenyos de Espanya...

Onde esta la yave ke estava in kaxun?
Mis nonus la truxeron kon grande amor,
dixeron a luz fijus, estu ez il korason,
de muestra kaza de Espanya,
de muestra kaza de Espanya,
suenyos de Espanya...
suenyos de Espanya...

Onde esta la yave ke estava in kaxun?
Onde esta la yave ke estava in kaxun?
Miz nonus la truxeron kon grande amor,
la dijeron a luz nietus a meterla a kaxun,
Muestra yave de Espanya, de Espanya.
suenyos de Espanya...
suenyos de Espanya...

English Lyrics
Where is the key that was in the drawer?
Where is the key that was in the drawer?
My grandparents took it with tears in their eyes
from their house in Spain, in Spain
dreams of Spain
dreams of Spain

Where is the key that was in the drawer?
My grandparents took it with loving care
they said to their children, this is the very heart
of our house in Spain, in Spain
of our house in Spain, in Spain
dreams of Spain
dreams of Spain

Where is the key that was in the drawer?
my grandparents took it with loving care
they gave it to their grandchildren to put in a drawer
our key from Spain, from Spain
our key from Spain, from Spain
dreams of Spain
dreams of Spain

Ladino Lyrics
Las estreyas de los cielos, querida
Eyas son que arrelumbran
En eyas no hay firmeza
Niña de mi corazon
Ya me abasta la mia passion

Prima vez que yo te vide, querida
En mi alma entrates
Rayos de sol me dates
Niña de mi corazon
En mis ojos relumbrates

Una cosa te dire, querida
El mundo no queda ansí
Muchas cosas yo pensí
Niña de mi corazon
Ainda no te alcanzí

Ten pasiensia con ti, querida
En estos dias espera tu avenir
Que mos sera briyante
Niña de mi corazon
Mi amor en ti fondíyo

English Lyrics
The stars in the sky my dear
They are the ones shining
Yet in them there is no steadiness
Young maiden of my heart
My passion for you is enough already

The first time I saw you my dear
You entered my soul
And you gave me rays of sunshine
Young maiden of my heart
In my eyes you shone brightly

I would tell you one thing, my dear
The world doesn’t stay this way
I’ve thought of many things
Young maiden of my heart
But I haven’t reached you yet

Have patience with yourself my dear
In these days you await your future
May they be brilliant for us
Young maiden of my heart
My love is centered in you

Ladino Lyrics
Tiya Mazalta muz va a yamar nochi di Hanuka
Tiya Grasya muz va a yamar nochi di Hanuka
Para sinder laz kandelikas kun toda la mishpaha
Laz hanukiyas di sirma blanka muz kali alimpyar

Tiya Luna muz va a yamar nochi di Hagada
Tiya Safira muz va a yamar nochi di Hagada
Para kumer laz albondikas kun toda la mishpaha
Kantaremus Un Kavritijo despuez de laz birahas

Tiya Paloma muz va a yamar a kumer en la Suka
Tiya Estreya muz va a yamar a kumer en la Suka
Kun frutas i flores di muchas kolores
Kun toda la mishpaha.

English Lyrics
Aunt Mazalta will call us on the night of Hanukkah,
Aunt Gracia will call us on the night of Hanukkah,
To light the little candles with all of the family,
The silver menorah will be clean and shining.

Aunt Luna will call us on the night of Passover,
Aunt Safira will call us on the night of Passover,
To come and eat matzah balls with all of the family,
We'll sing "Un Kavritijo" after our prayers.

Aunt Paloma will call us to come eat in the Sukkah,
Aunt Estrella will call us to come eat in the Sukkah,
With fruits and flowers of many colors,
With all of the family.

Ladino Lyrics
Los bilbilicos cantan
Con sospiros de amor
Mi neshama y mi ventura
Estan en tu poder

La rosa enflorece
En el mes de mai
Mi neshama s’escurece
Sufriendo del amor

Mas presto ven palomba
Mas presto ven a mi
Mas presto tu mi alma
Que yo me vo morir

English Lyrics
The nightingales sing
With sighs of love
My soul and my fate
Are in your power

The rose blooms
In the month of May
My soul darkens
Suffering from love

Come quickly my dove
More quickly come to me
Come, you my soul,
For I will surely die

Ladino Lyrics
Los caminos de Sirkedji
S'incharon de arena
Para pasar y vo tornar
y verte a ti morena

Morena tu, moreno yo
Ven mos frecuentaremos
Si no te place frecuentar
Ven mos esposaremos

Cuando empezimos a frecuentar
Con biras y gaseosas
A la fin fue retiración
Palabras de yelores

El tu papa me prometió
Campos y viñas
Yo no te quiero a ti pasha
Ni por tapon de pila

English Lyrics
Los caminos de Sirkedji
S'incharon de arena
Para pasar y vo tornar
y verte a ti morena

Morena tu, moreno yo
Ven mos frecuentaremos
Si no te place frecuentar
Ven mos esposaremos

Cuando empezimos a frecuentar
Con biras y gaseosas
A la fin fue retiración
Palabras de yelores

El tu papa me prometió
Campos y viñas
Yo no te quiero a ti pasha
Ni por tapon de pila

Ladino Lyrics
Los gayos empezan a cantar
Ya es la ora d’alevantar
Non esperemos el sol y el día
En muestra chica colonía

En montes altos vamos ir
Alegres días a vivir
Fondaremos la cazica
Muestra suerte chica

English Lyrics
The roosters begin to sing
It is the hour to wake
But we don’t wait for the sun nor the day
In our little colony

To high mountains we shall go
To live our days happily
We will build a little house
It will be our little piece of luck

Ladino Lyrics
Siete modos de de guisados se guisa la merenjena
La primera que la guisa es la vava de Elena
Ya la hace bocadicos y la mete en una cena
Esta comida la llaman comida de merenjena

A mi tio Cerasi que le agrada bever vino
Con el vino, vino, vino, muncho y bien a el le vino

La segunda que la guisa es la mujer del Shamas
La cavaca por arientro y la hinchi d’aromat
Esta comida la llaman la comida la dolma

La tracera que la guisa es mi prima Ester di Chiote
La cavaca por arientro y la hinchi d’arroz moti
Esta comida la llaman la comida l’almondrote

En las mesas de las fiestas siempre brilla el jandrajo
Ya l’hacemos pastelicos ellos brillan en los platos
Asperando ser servidos con los guevos jaminados

English Lyrics
There are seven ways to cook eggplant
The first to cook it is the widow Ellen
She makes little morsels for the table
They call this eggplant food

My uncle Cerasi likes to drink wine
With the wine much good has come to him

Second to cook it is the Shamas’ wife
The meat inside with aromatic spices
They call this stuffed food

Third to cook it is my cousin Ester di Chiote
The meat inside with spiced rice
They call this an eggplant meal

The tablecloth sparkles on the banquet tables
Making little pastels that shine on the plates
Waiting to be served with the raw eggs
This joy brings good fortune
Blessed is He who brought us to see this day

Ladino Lyrics
Lus primus ermanus ya si van,
Ala butika a merkar,
La chokolata i bonbonikos,
Dos chapeyus i djugetikos.

Lus primus ermanus ya si van,
Ala butika a merkar,
Dos narandjas, un panziko,
Dos kamizad, un panderiko."

English Lyrics
The cousins are going,
To the store to buy,
Chocolates and little candles,
Two hats and toys.

The cousins are going,
To the store to buy,
Two oranges, a little bread,
Two shirts and a tambourine.

Ladino Lyrics
Madam Gashpar salyo al charshi,
Kun il dinaro di Purim,
Un poyiko me merki,
Il poyiko Biri-biri-bi,
Si savej la mi sinyora,
I pur kuanto lo merki.

Madam Gashpar salyo al charshi,
Kun il dinaro di Purim,
Un gayinka me merki,
La gayinka Gi-gi-gi,
Il poyiko Biri-biri-bi,
Si savej la mi sinyora,
I pur kuanto lo merki.

Madam Gashpar salyo al charshi,
Kun il dinaro di Purim,
Un gayinko me merki,
Il gayinko Gi-gi-gi,
La gayinka Gi-gi-gi,
Il poyiko Biri-biri-bi,
Si savej la mi sinyora,
I pur kuanto lo merki.

La vakita Mu-mu-mu
Il gayinko Gi-gi-gi,
La gayinka Gi-gi-gi,
Il poyiko Biri-biri-bi,
Si savej...

Il pashariko Tvi-tvi-tvi,
La vakita Mu-mu-mu
Il gayinko Gi-gi-gi,
La gayinka Gi-gi-gi,
Il poyiko Biri-biri-bi,
Si savej...

English Lyrics
Madam Gashpar went to the market,
With the Purim money,
I bought myself a little chick,
It chirps biri-biri-bi,
Guess, my lady,
How much did I pay for it?

Madam Gashpar went to the market,
With the Purim money,
I bought myself a little hen,
It clucks gi-gi-gi,
The chick chirps biri-biri-bi,
Guess, my lady,
How much did I pay for it?

Madam Gashpar went to the market,
With the Purim money,
I bought myself a little rooster,
It crows giri-giri-giri
It hen clucks gi-gi-gi,
The chick chirps biri-biri-bi,
Guess, my lady,
How much did I pay for it?

The little cow goes mu-mu-mu
It rooster crows giri-giri-giri
It hen clucks gi-gi-gi,
The chick chirps biri-biri-bi,
Guess...

The little bird sings tvi-tvi-tvi,
The little cow goes mu-mu-mu
It rooster crows giri-giri-giri
It hen clucks gi-gi-gi,
The chick chirps biri-biri-bi,
Guess..."

Ladino Lyrics
Madre de la gracia
Reina de la bivéz
Ónde que te tope
Por verte otra vez?

Me vo morir, no vo bivir
Sin aquella contentéz
Ónde que te tope
Por verte otra vez?

La roza se dexa ver
Mirar, tocar y goler
Ah, y tu cruela
No te dexas ni ver

Me vo morir…

English Lyrics
Mother of grace
Queen of life
Where can I find you
To see you again?

I am going to die
I will not live
Where can I find you
To see you again?

The rose lets itself be admired
Looked at, touched, smelled
But you cruel one
Do not even let yourself be seen

I am going to die…

Ladino Lyrics
Me siento alegre y muy contento
No penso más en el amor
Y l’amor que tengo es muy potente,
Me da coraje y me sálva del dolor.

La tuya gracia y hermozura,
Tu lindo cuerpo y tu bivez
A mi me dan grande ventura,
Y deseo verte otra vez

Por tí, querida, yo me desespero
Por tí sola vo tresallir.
Fidelidades de ti espero
Fin el día que yo vo morir.

English Lyrics
I am happy and contented
I don’t think about love any more
My love for you is very strong,
It gives me courage, takes away pain.

Your grace and beauty,
Your lovely body and spirit,
You give me great happiness
I want to see you again.

For you, beloved, I am yearning
For you alone excite me
I hope for your fidelity
Until the day I die

Ladino Lyrics
Mi suegra, la negra
con mí se daquileya
Yo no puedo más vivir con ella
Ella es muy fuerte, como la muerte
Más presto me veré sin ella

Un día, asentada con mi marido
ella detrás como un enemigo
Me dió un pillisko, me dió un modrisco
Más presto me veré sin ella

En los días de la dulzura
ella ensembra la amargura
El güerco venga, por la soltura
que yo ya no puedo vivir con ella
con mi suegra, la negra

English Lyrics
My mother-in-law, the dark one
Taunts me
I cannot live with her anymore
She is very strong, like death
How quickly I can see myself without her

One day, sitting with my husband,
She was behind me like an enemy,
She gave me a pinch, she gave me a big bite
How quickly I can see myself without her

On the sweetest of days
She sows bitterness
May the devil come and take her away
For I can no longer live with her
With my mother-in-law, the dark one

Ladino Lyrics
Montañas altas y marinadas
Llevame donde el mi amor
Llevame donde la mi querida

Amame segun yo t’amo
Mira que me vo murir
Lleva tiempo y viene tiempo
Mira que por ti me va murir

Por la calle ya aquí yo paso
Mi solumbre no te veras
Llorando y sufriendo

English Lyrics
High-reaching mountains
High-reaching mountains of ocean hues
Take me to my love
Take me to my dear one

Love me as I love you
I shall die without you
And time relentlessly moves on
See how I shall die for you

I pass by your street
Yet I cannot see your tears
Or know of your longing

Ladino Lyrics
Morena me llaman
Blanca yo nací
De pasear galana
Mi color perdí

Vestido de verde
Y de altelí
Qu’ansi dize la novia
Con el tchelibi

Escalerica de oro
Y de marfíl
Para que suva la novia
A dar Kiddushin

Dizime galana
Si queres venir
Los velos tengo fuertes
No puedo yo venir

Morena me llaman
El hijo del rey
Si otra vez me llaman
Me voy yo con el

English Lyrics
They call me the dark one
Though I was born fair,
Parading about my beauty
I lost my color

Clothed in green
And brilliant red
So says the bride
With her man

Little ladder of gold
And of ivory
For the bride to climb
To give Kiddushin

Tell me my beauty
If you wish to come with me
I have taken my marriage vows
And I cannot come with you

They call me the dark one,
If the king’s son
Should once again call on me,
I will go with him.

Ladino Lyrics
Morenica a mi me llaman
Yo blanca nací
El sol del enverano
Me hizo a mi ansí

Morenica, graciozica sos,
Morenica y graciozica y
Mavramatia mou

Ya se vista la morena
Y d’amarillo,
Como la pera en la huerta
Y el bembrillo

Morenica a mi me llaman,
Los marineros
Si otra vez me llaman
Me vo con ellos

Dezilde a la morena
Si quere venir
Ya nave ya está en vela
Que ya va partir

English Lyrics
They call me “dark one”.
I was born fair
The summer sun
Made me this way

You are dark and graceful,
Dark and graceful
With dark eyes

The dark beauty
Is dressed in yellow,
Like the pear in the garden
And the quince

The sailors,
They call me “dark beauty”,
If they call me again
I will go away with them

Ask the dark one
If she wants to come
The ship has hoisted sail
And is about to leave

Ladino Lyrics
Nani, nani,
Nani quere el hijo
El hijo de la madre
De chico se haga grande

Ay, dúrmite me alma
Dúrmite mi vida
Que tu padre viene
Con muncha alegría

Ay, avriméx la puerta
Avriméx mi dama, avriméx
Que vengo muy cansado
De arar las huertas

Ay, la puerta yo vos avro
Que veníx cansado
Y verex durmido
El hijo en la cuna

English Lyrics
Lullaby, lullaby
The son wants a lullaby
The mother’s son
Who will grow tall

Ah, sleep my soul
Sleep my life
For your rather is coming
With great joy

Ah, open the door for me
Open for me my lady, open
For I come home very tired
From plowing the fields

Ah, I open the door for you
For you come tired
And you will see your son
Sleeping in the cradle

Ladino Lyrics
No la puso su madre
Cosa ninguna
La cara de esta novia
Como la luna

La onsa de la grasia
A como la venderé

No la vendo por onsa
Ni por cuarterón
Se la doy a mi amado
De mi corasón

No la puso su madre
Ni al bayalde
La cara de esta novia
Como el esmalte

English Lyrics
The bride’s face
Bright as the moon
Needed no makeup
So her mother left it plain

How much of a dowry
Can I possibly ask for?

I will not sell my face
For any price
I will give it
To my heart’s beloved

The bride’s face
Pure as enamel
Needed no fineries
So her mother left it plain

Ladino Lyrics
Noches, noches, buenas noches
Noches son d’enamorar

Ay, que noches, la mi madre
Que no son de arrivar

Dando vueltas por la cama
Como el pexe en la mar

English Lyrics
Nights, nights, good nights
Nights are for making love

Ah, what nights, my mother
that seem never to arrive

Tossing in my bed
Like a fish in the sea

Ladino Lyrics
Hanukah linda sta aki, ocho kandelas para mi, O...

Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas,
Kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas,
Sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi.

Muchas fiestas vo fazer, kon alegria i plazer,
Muchas fiestas vo fazer, kon alegria i plazer, O...

Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas,
kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas,
sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi.

Los pastelikos vo kumer, kon almendrikas i la myel,
Los pastelikos vo kumer, kon almendrikas i la myel. O...

English Lyrics
Beautiful Hanukkah is here, eight little candles for me, oh...

One little candle, two little candles, three little candles,
Four little candles, five little candles,
Six little candles, seven little candles, eight little candles for me.

I'll throw plenty of parties, full of joy and pleasure,
I'll throw plenty of parties, full of joy and pleasure, oh...

One little candle, two little candles, three little candles,
Four little candles, five little candles,
Six little candles, seven little candles, eight little candles for me.

I'll eat little pastries, with almonds and honey,
I'll eat little pastries, with almonds and honey, oh...

Ladino Lyrics
Por una caza chica
Vidi una hijica
De años era chica
Le declarí l’amor

Salí delantre d’ella
Hermoza como l’estrella
Ya m’encendió con teya
Sin tener piadad

Páxaro d’hermozura
Linda la tu figura
Acércate al mió lado
Te oyeré la boz

El páxaro s’acerca
S’acerca del mió lado
Enfin de dos minutos
El páxaro boló

El páxaro bolando
Mi corasón llorando
El me dexó asperando
Sin tener píadad

English Lyrics
In a little house
I saw a young girl
She was young in years
I declared my love to her

I went before her
She was as beautiful as a star
She set on fire like a torch
Without any pity

Beautiful bird
With the beautiful figure
Come near to my side
So I can hear your voice

The bird comes near
Comes near to me
But after two minutes
The bird flew away

The bird went flying
My heart was weeping
It left me waiting
Without pity

Ladino Lyrics
Purim, Purim, Purim lano
Pesah, Pesah ala mano
Las masmam si stan faziendo
Los japrakis si stan koziendo
Aman, aman, aman, aman
Il Dio Bendicho mos da mazal
Aman, aman, aman, aman
Il Dio Bendicho mos da mazal

Purim, Purim, Purim lano
Pesah, Pesah ala mano
La nona sta diziendo a los nyetos
Alimpia il puelvo kantones i loz techos
Aman, aman, aman, aman
Il Dio Bendicho mos da mazal
Aman, aman, aman, aman
Il Dio Bendicho mos da mazal

Purim, Purim, Purim lano
Pesah, Pesah ala mano
Il Sinyor Rubi disho a las tiyas
No kumer il pan ocho diyas.

English Lyrics
Purim, Purim, Purim has ended,
Passover, Passover is at hand,
Matzot are being made,
The japrakis are being cooked,
Aman, aman, aman, aman
Almighty God grants us good fortune,
Aman, aman, aman, aman
Almighty God grants us good fortune.

Purim, Purim, Purim has ended,
Passover, Passover is at hand,
The grandmother tells her grandchildren,
To clean the dust in the corners and ceilings
Aman, aman, aman, aman
Almighty God grants us good fortune,
Aman, aman, aman, aman
Almighty God grants us good fortune.

Purim, Purim, Purim has ended,
Passover, Passover is at hand,
The Rabbi tells the aunts,
Not to eat bread for eight days.

Ladino Lyrics
Por amar una donzella
De aquíde este lugar
Ah yo la amo yo la quero
Yo sali en su buxquida

Se la demandi a su padre
Guerra grande me hizo armar

Se la demandí a su madre
Con palavras me hizo engamar

Se la demandía su mano
Con cuchillo me quería matar

English Lyrics
To love a maiden
From here from this place
Oh I love her I want her
I have gone to seek her out

I asked her father for her hand
He wanted to make war with me

I asked her mother for her hand
With words she deceived me

I asked her for her hand
With a knife she wanted to kill me

Ladino Lyrics
Seix de la noche vo pasar
Con todos mis amigos
En tu ventana vo pozar
Tañendo mandolino

Sale a la puerta te verex
Sale a la ventana
Avlame y descuvreme
Secretos de tu alma

Por la tu puerta yo pazí
Y la topí cerrada
La llave dura yo bezí
Como bezar tu cara

En el café del amanecer
Hay luzes de colores
Ansí esta mi corazon
Quemando de amores

English Lyrics
Six in the evening I stroll
With all my friends
I stop by your window
Playing the mandolin

Come to the door, I’ll see you
Come to the window
Talk to me and reveal to me
The secrets of your soul

I passed by your door
And found it closed
So I kissed the key
As I would kiss your face

In the café at dawn
There are lights and colors
That is how my heart
Is burning with love

Ladino Lyrics
Porke yoras ermoza mujer?
Kual es el tu grande desplazer?
O yoras por l'arompida flor,
O yoras por el perdido amor,
No yoro por l'arompida flor,
Ma yoro por el perdido amor.

No jores ermoza muzer,
No jores kon tan grande desplazer,
La flor ez komo la mansevez,
Vjene i si va kon la vizez,
L'amor ez komo la mansevez,
Vjene i si va kon la vizez.

English Lyrics
Beautiful woman, why do you cry? What is your great displeasure?
Do you cry for a broken flower,
Do you cry for a lost love,
I don't cry for a broken flower,
It is a lost love for which I cry.

Don't cry beautiful woman,
Don't cry with such great displeasure,
The flower is like youth,
Which comes and then goes with old age,
Love too, for that matter, comes like youth
And goes with old age.

Ladino Lyrics
Puncha, puncha la rosa huele
Que el amor muncho duele
Tu non naciste para mi
Presto alexate de mi

Acodrate de aquella hora
Que yo te besava la boca
Aquella hora ya paso
Dolor quedo al corazon

Si otra vez me queres ver
Sale afuera te havlare
Echa los ojos a la mar
Allí me puedes encontrar

English Lyrics
The thorny rose is fragrant
As love is full of pain
You were not born for me
Quickly depart from me

Remember the times
When I kissed your mouth,
Those times are gone now
And only sorrow lingers in my heart

If you wish to see me again,
Come outside and I’ll speak with you,
Look to the sea
And there you’ll find me

Ladino Lyrics
Kada nochi di Shabat
mi rikordu de mi nona
kun la luz di las kandelas
maldandu suz birahas

Lungas noches di invyernu
asentada in el minder
muz kantava laz kantikas
i las lindas kunsejikas di amor.

Nani na, nani na
mi durmiya kon su Shema
mi rikurdu las kantikas
i las lindas kunsejikas
i las lindas kunsejikas di amor.

Mi rikurdo las kantikas
i las lindas kunsejikas
i las lindas kunsejikas di amor.

Kada nochi di Shabat
mi rikordu de mi nona
kun la luz di las kandelas
maldandu suz birahas

Kada nochi di Shabat
mi rikordu de mi nona...

English Lyrics
Every night of the Sabbath
I remember my grandmother
with the light of the candles
she said her prayers.

During the long winter nights
sitting on the cushion
she sang songs to us
and sung to us lovely tales of love.

Nani na, nani na
I fell asleep with her Shema
I remember the songs
and the lovely tales
and the lovely tales of love.

I remember the songs
and the lovely tales
and the lovely tales of love.

Every night of the Sabbath
I remember my grandmother
with the light of the candles
she said her prayers.

Every night of the Sabbath
I remember my grandmother...

Ladino Lyrics
Scalerica de oro
De oro y de marfil
Para que suva la novia
A dar kiddushin

Venimos a ver
Venimos a ver
Y gozen y logren
Y tengan muncho bien

La novia no tiene dinero
Que mos tengan un mazal bueno
La novia no tiene contado
Que nos tengan un mazal alto

English Lyrics
Little staircase of gold
Of gold and ivory
So the bride can go up
To take her marriage vows

We have come to see
We have come to see
May they have joy and prosper
And have great happiness

The bride has no money
May they have good fortune
The bride has no wealth
May they have good fortune

Ladino Lyrics
Simhat Tora, Simhat, Tora
Ya se anyus la kriyatura.

Kon las kantikas di alegriyas,
Buenus pastelis di mis tiyas.

Las mansanas, myel i sirezas,
Il anyu muevu kon las dulsezas.

English Lyrics
Rejoicing of the Torah, rejoicing of the Torah
A new child is born.

With songs of happiness,
My aunts arrive laden with pies.

Apples, honey and cherries,
To sweeten the new year

Ladino Lyrics
En guarta kemada,
Asentada la fija,
Pasharos pretos,
Apretan su korason.

Por los sielos ariva,
Pasa la luna,
Tapando su kara,
Kon una nuve karbon.

Siniza i fumo,
Bolando, kayendo,
En un esfuenyo malo,
Sin salvasyon.

Siniza i fumo,
Inchen suz ojos,
No ay ken la desperte,
A darle konsolasyon.

English Lyrics
In the burnt garden,
There sits a girl,
Black birds,
Tighten [around] her heart.

By the heavens above,
The moon passes and,
Covers her face,
With a cloud of coal.

Ash and smoke,
Flying, falling,
In a nightmare,
Without salvation.

Ash and smoke,
Fill her eyes,
There's no one who can wake her,
To give her consolation.

Ladino Lyrics
Tres hermanicas eran
Tres hermanicas son
Las dos estan casadas
El amor!
La chica en predición

El padre con verguensa
A Rodes la mano
En medio del camino
El Amor!
Castillo le fraguo

De piedra minudica
Y laja al rededor
Sin puerta y sin ventanas
El amor!
Que non suva varón

English Lyrics
There were three sisters,
They are sisters three
Two are married
Oh love!
The youngest is fallen

The father out of shame
Sent her to Rhodes
But on the way
Oh love!
He built a castle for her

Of fine stone
And marble all around
Without a door nor windows
Oh love!
So that no man could reach her

Ladino Lyrics
Una hija tiene el rey
Una hija regalada

La metió en altas torres
Por tenerla bien guadrada

Un día por las calores
S’aparó a la ventana

Vido venir segadore
Segando trigo y cevada

En su puerpo l’asembres trigo
En su seno la cevada

English Lyrics
The king has a daughter
A much loved daughter

He put her away in high towers
To have her well guarded

One very hot day
She leaned out the window

She saw a harvester approach
Reaping wheat and barley

In her body I will sow the wheat
In her breast the barley.

Ladino Lyrics
Una matica de ruda
Una matica de flor
Hija mia mi querida
Dime a mi quien te la dio

Me la dio un mançevico
Que de mi se enamoro

Hija mia mi querida
No t’eches a le perdiçion

Mas vale un mal marido
Que un mançevo de amor
Mançevo de amor, la mi madre
La mançana y el buen limon

English Lyrics
A sprig of rue
A sprig of flowers
My dear daughter
Tell me who gave it to you

A young man gave it to me
A young man who fell in love with me

My dear daughter
Don’t compromise your virtue

A bad husband is worth more
Than a passing flame,
Mother, a new lover
Is the apple and the sweet lemon

Ladino Lyrics
Una noche a lunar,
Yo sali a kaminar,
Kaminando i bushkando,
Ondo se topa la mar.

Los ojos mi si abufarun,
Di tanto mirar a la mar,
Vapores ya van i vyenen,
Letras para mi no ay.

Letras alegras resiviremos,
I las karas mos veremos,
En un nido durmiremos,
Presto mos adjuntaremos.

Madre miya la mi madre,
Un suenyo mi sonyava,
Un suenyo mi sonyava,
Ke la gera se skapava.

English Lyrics
One moonlit night,
I went for a stroll,
Strolling and searching,
For the sea.

My eyes became swollen,
From staring into the sea,
And the ships, coming and going
There are no letters for me.

We will receive happy letters,
We will see each others faces,
And we will sleep in one nest,
We will be reunited.

Mother mine, my mother
One dream I dreamed,
One dream I dreamed,
That the war was over.

Ladino Lyrics
Una noche yo me armí
Por ver vuestros entrensados
Dexame la puerta abierta
Y candil amatado

Tú me queres yo te quero
Tu madre no nos quere
Ésta noche arogo al Dío
En la cama me meneo

Ni blanca soy ni morena
Ni cosa de alavarvos
Por las hechas que mi me hazes
Y en alma mía entrates

English Lyrics
One night I plucked up the courage
To see your flowing tresses,
Leave the door open for me
And the candles out

You love me and I love you
But your mother does not love us,
This night I pray to God,
Restless in my bed

I am neither fair nor dark
Nor worthy of your compliments,
But you’ve shown me love
Tara la…

Ladino Lyrics
Una pastora to amí
Una hija hermoza
De mi chiques yo l’adorí
Más qu’ella no amí

Un día que estavamos
En la huerta sentados
Le dixe yo: “Por tí, mi flor,
Me muero de amor

En los sus brasos me apretó
Con amor me bezó
Me respondió con dulsor:
“Sos chico para amar!”

M’engrandecí y la buxquí
Otro tomó y la pedrí
Ella se olvidó de mi
Mas siempre to la amí

English Lyrics
A shepherdess I loved
A beautiful maiden
Since my youth I loved her
I loved no one but her

One day as we were
Seated in the orchard
I told her: “For you, my flower,
I die of love”

She held me tight in her arms
And kissed me lovingly
Then answered with sweetness:
“You are too young for love.”

I grew up and looked for her
She chose another and I lost her
She forgot me
But I will always love her

Ladino Lyrics
Una tarde de verano pase por la morería
y vi una mora lavando al pie d’una fuente fría

Yo le dixe mora linda yo le dixe mora bella
deja bever mis caballos d’esas aguas cristalinas

No soy mora caballero que soy d’Espanya nacida
que me cautivaron los moros días de Pascua florida

Si quereís venir conmigo a Espanya te llevaría
y la ropa caballero dónde yo la dejaría?

Al llegar por estos campos la ninya llora y sospira
por que lloras ninya linda por que lloras ninya bella?

Lloro porque en estos campos mi padre a cazar venía
con mi hermanito Alejandro y toda su companía

Abrid puertas y ventanas balcones y galerías
que por traer una esposa os traigo una hermana mía"

English Lyrics
One summer afternoon I passed by a Moorish quarter
And I saw a Moorish woman washing by a cold fountain

I told her: "Oh lovely Moorish girl", I said to her: "Beautiful Moorish girl,
let my horses drink from these crystal waters".

"I'm not a Moor, Sir knight, I was born in Spain
The Moors captured me on Easter Sunday"

“If you want to come with me to Spain, I will take you”
"And the clothes, Sir knight, where will I leave them?"

"Those made from silk and wool my horses will carry
And the useless ones, cast them into the river"

When they reached his parents' home the girl cried and sighed
"Why are you crying lovely girl? why are you crying beautiful girl?"

"I cry because in these fields my father came from his hunt
With my little brother Alejandro in his company"

"Open the doors, windows, balconies and galleries
Instead of bringing a wife home, I've brought back my sister”

Ladino Lyrics
Vamos para la orilla
La orilla de la mar
Allí te contaré mis males
Que tem etas a llorar

Un día del enverano
Por tu campo yo pasí
La culebra de tu hermana
Me salió a maldizir

Yo al día no fumaba
Un cigaro de tutún
Agora paqueto entero
Por modo de la bija

Yo al día no debía
Un vazico de raquí
Agora carafe entera
Que me topo trisquí

English Lyrics
Let’s go to the shore
To the edge of the sea
There I will tell you my sorrows
And you will start to cry

One summer day
I passed by your neighborhood
And that snake of your sister
Came out and cursed me

On that day I wasn’t smoking
Even a tobacco cigarette
Now I smoke a whole pack
Because of that witch

On that day I wasn’t drinking
Even a small glass of arak
Now I drink a whole caraffe
And I find myself drunk

Ladino Lyrics
Muchachica esta en el baño
Vestida de colorado
Echate a la mar y alcanza

A la mar yo bien m’echava,
Si la suegra licencia me dava
Echate a la mar y alcanza

Ya salio de la mar la galana
Con un vestido rosal y blanco
Ya salio de la mar

Entre la mar y el río
Mos crecio un arbol de bembríllo
Ya salio de la mar

La novia ya salio del baño
El novio ya la esta esperando
Ya salio de la mar

Entre la mar y la arena
Mos crecio un arbol de almendra
Ya salio de la mar

English Lyrics
The young girl went to the baths
Dressed in red
Throw yourself into thesea, but return to shore

I’ll jump into the sea
If my mother-in-law will allow it
Throw yourself into the sea, but return to shore

The young beauty came out of the sea
Wearing a pink and white dress
She’s come out of the sea

Between the sea and the river
A quince tree was growing
She’s come out of the sea

The bride has come out of the baths
And the groom awaits her
She’s come out of the sea

Between the sea and the sand
An almond tree was growing
She’s come out of the sea"

Ladino Lyrics
Ya viene el cativo
Con todas las cativas,
Dientro de ellas
Esta la blanca niña

Ni amanecía,
Ni era de día,
Cuando la blanca niña
Cantava su manzia

La Muchacha:
Oh, qué campos verdes,
Campos de olivas,
Onde mi madre Gracia,
Lavava y espandía

Oh, qué pino hermozo,
Onde con mi espozo,
Baxo su solombra,
Dormíamos con gozo

Oh, qué tombas blancas,
Tombas de avuelos
Paso sovre ellas,
Como páxaro en su vuelo

El Mancevo:
Avrix la mi madre,
Puertas del palacio,
Que en lugar de hija,
Nuera yo vos traigo

English Lyrics
The captive is coming
With all the captive women
Among them
Is the white girl.

It was hardly dawn
Nor daylight
And the white girl
Sang of her sorrow, thus:

The girl:
Oh what green fields
Fields of olive trees
Where my mother Gracia
Washed and hung up clothes

Oh what beautiful pine trees
Where, with my husband
Under its shade
We sleep with delight

Oh, what white tombs
Tombs of our grandfathers
I pass over them
Like a bird in flight

The boy:
Open up, mother
The palace doors
For instead of a daughter
I bring you a daughter-in-law.

Ladino Lyrics
Yo hanino tu hanina
mos tomaremos los dos
los dos filjitos que mos nacen
komo la luna i el sol

Ama nama nama nama nama
como la luna i el sol

Muchas gracias
muchas liras me demandas
non mi aceta mi sinyor

Ama nama nama nama nama
non mi aceta mi sinyor

English Lyrics
I'm handsome, you're beautiful
we'll take one another
two sons will be born to us
like the moon and the sun.

Aman, aman, aman, aman, aman
like the moon and the sun

Thank you so much.
You ask for a great amount of liras
my father won't accept it for me.

Aman, aman, aman, aman, aman
my father won't accept it for me

Ladino Lyrics
Yo kon la mi kusuegra, yo sto kontente,
Ke salga a balyar, ke la kero ver

Yo kon la mi kusuegra, yo sto kontente,
Ke salga a balyar, ke la kero ver

Yo kon la mi kusuegra, yo sto kontente,
Ke salga a balyar, ke la kero ver

Yo kon la mi kusuegra, yo sto kontente,
Ke salga a balyar, ke la kero ver

Yo kon la mi kusuegra, yo sto kontente,Ke salga a balyar, ke la kero ver.

English Lyrics
With my mother-in-law, I am happy,
She should come out and dance, I want to see her.

With my mother-in-law, I am happy,
She should come out and dance, I want to see her.

With my mother-in-law, I am happy,
She should come out and dance, I want to see her.

With my mother-in-law, I am happy,
She should come out and dance, I want to see her.

With my mother-in-law, I am happy,
She should come out and dance, I want to see her.

Ladino Lyrics
Yo m’enamorí d’un aire,
D’un aire d’una mujer,
D’una mujer muy hermoza,
Linda de mi coraçón

Yo m’enamorí de noche,
El lunar ya m’engañó.
Si esto era de dia
Yo no atava amor

Si otro vez m’enamoro
Será de día con sol,
D’una mujer muy hermoza,
Linda de mi coraçón
Si otro vez m’enamoro
Será de día con sol

English Lyrics
I fell in love with the charms,
With the charms of a woman,
Of a very beautiful woman,
The beauty of my heart

I fell in love at night,
The moonlight deceived me
If it had been daylight
Love would not have caught me

If I fall in love again,
It will be by day, in the sunlight,
With a very beautiful woman,
The beauty of my heart
If I fall in love again,
It will be by day, in the sunlight

Ladino Lyrics
Yo parti la gera,
Dos besos al aire yo echi,
Uno es para mi madri,
Il otru es para ti,
Ninya de mi korazon,
Il otru es para ti.

Ken pensa de se enamurar,
Ke fulga de lunar,
Ke lunar es mentiroso,
Save enganyar.

Nus yoris ijika linda,
Ke mi fiju mus va turnar,
Il beziko ke echo a mi,
Lo desho para ti,
Ija yena de dulor,
Lo desho para ti.

English Lyrics
I went to war,
I placed to kisses in the sky
one is for my mother,
the other is for you,
girl of my heart,
the other is for you.

If you should think of falling in love,
stay away from the moonlight,
the moonlight is a liar,
and know how to fool you.

Don't cry beautiful girl,
my son will return to us,
the kiss that he gave me,
I pass it on to you,
girl, full of pain;
I pass it on to you.

Ladino Lyrics
Yo s’un mancevo del dor
Que camino con honor
Quando veyo hija hermoza
Ya me toma mi temblor

Aydede, presto, presto,
Te echaré al sesto

Asentada en el poso
Con un grande desreposo,
Asperando al mi espozo
Que es la luz de los mis ojos

Aydede, turnam, turnam
Ben buralarda durmam

A la franca te vistites,
Pareces un director
Todo el mundo ya lo save
Que sos hijos d’un carbon

Aydede, presto, presto,
Te echaré al sesto

English Lyrics
I’m a modern young man
And I behave honorably
When I see a pretty girl
I tremble with shyness

Let’s go, hurry, hurry,
I’ll throw you into the basket

Sitting at the well
Very restlessly,
Waiting for my betrothed
Who is the light of my eyes

Let’s go, I’m turning, turning
I will not stay in one place

You dressed yourself in Western style,
You look like an executive
Everyone knows
That you’re the son of a coal miner

Let’s go, hurry, hurry,
I’ll throw you into the basket"