La vida do por el Raki

from Ofri Eliaz:Ya salio de la mar-Ladino songs by Ofri Eliaz

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WHAT IS LADINO MUSIC?

In 1492 the Jews were expelled from Spain. They were forced to leave without their belongings, but they carried with them their heritage, their language (a dialect of Spanish called Ladino) and their love of music to their new homes. For centuries, the heartfelt and melodic music of the Sephardic Jews accompanied them all in the nations they settled, from North Africa to Balkans to Turkey, Greece, Italy and America to present-day in Israel. Those diverse influences are evidenced in their culture and music.

lyrics

La vida do por el raki
No puedo yo desharlo
De bever nunka me arti
De tanto amarlo.

Kuando esta en el baril
No avlo con dingunos
Kuando me ago kior kandil
Tomo banyos de lodo.
I'd give my life for a drink of Arak
I can't let go of it
I am never sated from drinking
Because I love it so much.

When it is in its barrel
I don't speak with anybody
When I become drunk
I fall into a bath of mud.

credits

from Ofri Eliaz:Ya salio de la mar-Ladino songs, track released January 1, 2005
Words and melodies: Traditional
Musical producer: Shai Bachar
Arrangements: Shai Bachar and Ofri Eliaz
Co-producers: Ofri Eliaz and Alex Skolnick

Drum set: Benny Koonievsky
Percussion: Benny Koonievsky
Bass: Emmanuel Mann
Guitars: Alex Skolnick , Eli Lishinsky
Flute: Steve Gorn
Violin:Joe Deninzon
Keyboard: Shai Bachar