This is a joyous song about giving birth, based on similar Sephardic songs throughout the Balkan region (kantikas de parida), but here with unique lyrics from Monastir. When a new Jewish child is born, it becomes a communal affair as the village comes out to greet and celebrate the new baby.
lyrics
Ladino:
Oy qui muevi mezis
Pasatis d’istrichure
Mus nasió un fiju
Di care di lune.
Bive la paride
Cun su criature.
Cuandu la cumadri
Dizi: Dali dali, dali.
Dizi la paride,
-O, Dio, iscapadmi.
Dizin, la su genti,
-Amén, Amén.
Ya vieni il paridu
Cun lus cumbidadus
En la manu trayi
Resta di ducadus.
En la otra manu
Trayi un buen piscadu.
Ya vieni il paridu
A lus pies di la came.
Dizi la paride,
-Oy no cumí nade.
Prestu si li trage
Gayina insundiade.
O, qué buen pinu,
Pinu rivridadu!
Mus bive il paridu.
Qui mus trage vinu!
O, qué parre,
Parre rivridade!
Bive la paride
Cun su criature!
English:
Oh, what nine months
Of discomfort you have had
A son was born
His face like the moon.
Long live the child’s mother
With her newborn.
When the midwife
Says: Push, push
The mother says,
-Oh, God, deliver me!
Her parents say,
-Amen, Amen
Here comes the child’s father
With the guests
In his hand he brings
A string of coins
In the other hand
He brings good fish
Here comes the child’s father
Near the bed.
The child’s mother says,
-Today I did not eat.
Quickly bring for her
Fattened chicken.
Oh, what a pine,
The pine got green again!
Long live the child’s father.
Let him bring us wine!
Oh, what a grapevine
Green again grapevine!
Long live the child’s mother
With her newborn!
credits
from Monastir,
released June 25, 2021
Music and Lyrics: Traditional (Ladino)
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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