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El Leon Ferido

from Gracia by Sarah Aroeste

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An original Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) song I wrote, inspired by the 11th century poet Samuel Ha-Nagid. When everything seems lost, strengthen your heart and remember: even at death's door the wounded lion still knows how to roar...

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LADINO:
Kuando el mundo avla una lingua ke no entiendes
I tus pensadas no tienen traduksion;
Kuando las palavras viajan avagar avagar
I se piedren durante la tranzmision.

Kuando tu amante de la vida no es komo lo akodras
I su golor i savor te son estranyas;
Kuando tu bives tu dia komo un aktor
Ma el senario esta en la nievla.

Koro:
En los tiempos de grande apreto,
Enfortese tu korason.
Afilu si tu estas en la puerta de la muerte,
La lampa tiene luz antes ke se amato,
El leon ferido ainda save bramear.

Kuando tu temes ke esto es todo ke tienes
I no ay mas shenas en la opera de tu vida;
Kuando tu demandas si agora ya no es tadre
I si puedes tomar otra vision.


ENGLISH:
When the world speaks a language you don’t understand
And your thoughts have no translation;
When words travel in slow motion
And get lost in the transmission.

When your lover is not as you remember
And his scent and taste are strange;
When you move through your day like an actor
But the script is in a haze.

Chorus:
At times of great fear,
Strengthen your heart.
Even if you stand at death’s door,
The lamp has light before it is extinguished,
The wounded lion still knows how to roar.

When you’re scared that this is all you have
And there are no more scenes to your life’s work;
When you ask if it’s too late now
And if you can take another look.

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from Gracia, released May 22, 2012
Music: Sarah Aroeste, Lyrics: Sarah Aroeste, inspired by the poem “Wounded Lion” by Samuel Ha-Nagid; Arrangement: Shai Bachar; Lead Vocals: Sarah Aroeste; Drums: Nate Smith; Upright Bass: Dave Richards; Clarinet: Greg Wall; Piano: Roee Friedman; Strings: Eugene Povolotsky Ensemble; String Arrangements: Shai Bachar

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Sarah Aroeste Massachusetts

Sarah Aroeste is a singer, composer, author, and activist in the language of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), the language of her Sephardic ancestors. For two decades she has traveled the globe fusing original and 15th-century Ladino songs with her unique blend of mediterranean folk, pop and jazz. ... more

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