Posts tagged Jewish Music
“La rosa enflorece” — Esther Lamandier.
One of my favorite Sephardic songs.
La rosa enflorece en el mez de Mayo,
mi alma s’escurece, sufriendo del amor.Los bilbilicos cantan, sospiran del amor.
Y la pasion me mata, muchigua mi dolor.Mas presto ven, palomba, mas presto ven a mi,
mas presto tu mi alma, que yo me voy morir.La rosa enflorece en el mez de Mayo,
mi alma s’escurece, sufriendo del amor.[The rose blooms in the month of May, / and my soul darkens, suffering for love. / The nightingales sing, they sigh for love, / And passion slays me; great is my pain. / Come more quickly, dove, come more quickly to me, / come more quickly, my soul, / for I am about to die.]
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Avraham Fried
Keep Climbing
I’ve been hesitant to post this song (not that anyone will listen to it anyway), because it thoroughly disappointed me when it first came out (February 29th). I had high expectations for the song which was the title of the album “Keep Climbing”. The message is wonderful, Avremel’s voice, as always, is spectacular, but the song just didn’t feel right.
However, the song grew on me, and I figured I’d post it. It is a huge accomplishment being the first ENGLISH song which he himself composed and wrote the lyrics for, in 32 years in the music scene.
(I know, “Don’t let nothing” is bad English. I’m not sure whether this was him utilizing poetic license, or just the fact that he didn’t have the standard American child’s English education being from Crown Heights and all :)
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Avraham Fried
Rak Teffilah
Rak Tefillah
