OCHO KANDELIKAS (EIGHT CANDLES)
Flory Jagoda
Flory Jagoda
Judeo-spanish Lyrics
Hanukah linda sta aki, ocho kandelas para mi,
Hanukah Linda sta aki, ocho kandelas para mi. O...
Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas,
kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas,
sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para
mi.
Muchas fiestas vo fazer, con alegrias i plazer.
Muchas fiestas vo fazer, con alegrias i plazer. O...
Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas,
kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas,
sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para
mi.
Los pastelikos vo kumer, con almendrikas i la myel
Los pastelikos vo kumer, con almendrikas i la myel. O...
Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas,
sintyu kandelikas, sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho
kandelas para mi.
Translation
Beautiful Chanukah is here, eight candles for me.
One candle, two candles, three candles, four
candles, five candles, six candles, seven candles, eight
candles for me.
Many parties will be held, with joy and with
pleasure.
One candle . . .
We will eat pastelikos [a Sephardic delicacy] with
almonds and honey.
One candle . .
(from liner notes to "To Life! Songs of Chanukah and other Jewish celebrations - ht tp://www.rhino.com/Features/liners/75349lin.html Sung, arranged and played by Jay Levy. In her introduction to the song in her book, Memories of Sarajevo, the Composer, Flory Jagoda, writes; "Hanukkah...what exciting memories. Because on each of the eight nights "matchmaking parties" were held; and while the young sang and danced, their parents and grandparents enjoyed planning their children's weddings. Little almond and honey cakes were eaten to assure luck and happiness -- and a good match. The next year at the wedding, the bride was customarily asked "at which Hanukkah party did you meet?""
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Added August 13th, 1999