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Tu Portret

from Gracia by Sarah Aroeste

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An original Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) song I wrote about when someone leaves you without time to ask them why.

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LADINO:
El dia ke de mi partites
Tu portret a mi deshates.
“Vo tornar” tu me dishites,
“Yo te rogo me asperar.”

Koro:
Ande stas tu, mi kerido?
Tu portret st’aki enkolgado.
De ti nunka yo m’olvido.
No se mas kualo pensar.

De mi vida tu salites,
Ni una letra me mandates.
Ande te desparesites?
Yo no kedo de yorar.

Dia i noche sospirando,
A tus bezos vo pensando,
I el tiempo sta pasando
Tu figura a kontemplar.

Tu portret yo vo mirando.
La dolor me sta matando,
A tu alma sto rogando:
No me deshes sin avlar.


ENGLISH:
The day that you abandoned me
Your portrait was all that you left.
“I will return” you said to me,
“I want you to wait for me.”

Chorus:
Where are you, my dear?
Your picture is here hanging.
Nothing of you I forget,
I do not know what more to think.

You exited from my life,
Not even a letter did you send me.
Where have you disappeared?
I cannot rest from crying.

Day and night I sigh,
Remembering your kisses,
Time goes on to pass
As I contemplate your face.

I stare at your picture.
The sadness kills me,
From your soul I beg:
Don’t leave without telling me.

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from Gracia, released May 22, 2012
Music: Sarah Aroeste; Lyrics: Matilda Koen-Sarano; Arrangement: Shai Bachar; Lead Vocals: Sarah Aroeste; Percussion: Rony Iwryn; Tenor Saxaphone: Greg Wall; Piano: Shai Bachar; Keyboards & Programming: 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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