Voice of the Turtle – «De Edad de Kinzay Anyoz» – (Sephardic Jewish Music from Turkey)

«De Edad de Kinzay Anyoz » (Sephardic Jewish Music from Turkey)
Voice of the Turtle

The song is in Ladino, which is a version of old Spanish adopted by Sephardic Jews more than 500 years ago.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaeo-S… .

Derek Burrows: flutes, mandolin, guitar, dumbeks, naqqara and voice
Lisle Kulbach: rebec, kamanja, violin, shawm, percussion, and voice
Jay Rosenberg: ‘ud, guitar, dumbeks, percussion and voice
Judith Wachs: baglama, saz, naqqara, percussion, and voice
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http://voiceoftheturtle.com/Shores.html

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De edad de kinzay anyoz
SOURCE: Yitzhak Levy,
«Yitzhak Levy Cante Judeo-español.»
Vocalist: D.B.; guitar, violin, dumbek, tambourine

De edad de kinzay anyoz, Empesi azer l’amor Con un mancevico brigante Ke
me pudo arrevatar.

El oficio de mi kerido Es ladron i kumardjí. El tavan ke me lo guadre
De la mano del police!

Trenta liras me demanda, Trenta i una le vo dar; Ke las meta en oficio,
En oficio de ganar.

From the age of fifteen I began to have an affair With a young rascal Who
had swept me off my feet.

The profession of my lover – A thief and a scoundrel. May heaven protect
him for me From the hands of the police!

He asks me for thirty liras, I will give him thirty one; May he invest them
A humorous song in the maqam kürdi, with rich melismatic ornamentation.