ayyu-ha s-sqi / qum yedid nafsi

Recording

On album:

S-147(a) (Saraband/Ballads of the Sephardic Jews)

Track ID:

38689

Vocals:

El-Hage, Fadia

Vocals, shawms, bagpipes:

Sykes, Belinda

kudum (kettle drums)voice, ney (flute):

Dikmen, Mustafa Dogan

kemenge (violin) percussion:

Rizeli, Ahmed Kadri

kanun (Psaltery/kanles):

Ozer, Ihsan Mehmet

ud (lute)cura(long necked lute) percussion:

Yesilcay, Mehmet Cemal

percussion, renaissance lute:

Ivanoff, Vladimir

First line:

oh, cupbearer, our laments are addressed to you. We called you, but you did not

First line (Arabic):

ayyu0ha s-saqi ilay-ka l-mustaka qad da'awn-ka wa-in lam tasma'i

Language:

Arabic

Style:

Sephardic, Historic

Length:

6:49