E-015(d)

La Serena (The Mermaid)

Genre:

Traditional/Love

Subject:

Sea/Milk/Merchant/Mermaid/SailorsSorrows

Transliteration:

Ephemera 918

Translation:

L-094(c)/Ephemera 918

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27319

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Si la mar era de leche, los barquitos de cannela. Yo me mancharia, por salvar la

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"If the sea were full of milk, the boats of cinanamon,"

Language:

Ladino

Style:

Concert

Quando El Rey Nimrod

Also known as:

Avram Ovinu

Genre:

Sephardic/Ladino

Subject:

Abraham/King Nimrod/Blessing/

Origin:

Alb T-026(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Ephemera 1130

Transliteration:

Alb C-017(a)/

Translation:

Alb R-033(a)/Alb C-025(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Ephemera 1130

Related information in folder 1130:

Comments:

1. Original Text and translation from the internet

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27320

Artist:

Engel, Helene

Artist:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Cuando el rey Nimrod Al campo salia, mirava en el cielo...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

When King Nimrod was riding across the fields, he looked...

Language:

Ladino

Tres Hermanicas Era

Genre:

Ladino/Sephadic

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27321

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arramger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Tres hermanicas era, blancas de roz, ay ramas de flori…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Rucu Quere Cama A La Franca (Lad)

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27322

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Rucu quere…cama a la Franca, Con cushines de hace blanca. Ayde rucu, rucu, rucu,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Entre Las Huertas Pascaebdo(Ladino)

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27323

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Entre las huertas paseando, entre'l yasimin, vidi una hija muy hermoza,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Esta Rakhel La Estimoza

Also known as:

Esta Rahel Lastimosa

Genre:

Folk/Spanish/Moroccan/Sephardic/

Subject:

Fidelity/Marriage/Wife

Origin:

Alb E-15(c)/CD V-009(d)

Translation:

CD V-009(d)

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27324

Artist:

Engel, Helene

Artist:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Esta Rakhel la estimoza, estima que la di el Dio,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Morenica

Also known as:

La Morenica

Genre:

Ladino/Folk/Sephardic

Subject:

Love/Color/Sun/Sailors/Port

Origin:

Alb V-009(b)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb L-038(a)

Translation:

Alb V-009(b)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb C-023(h)

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27325

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Morenica, a mi me llaman, blanca naci, yo del sol del enverano, yo m'hizi ansi…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Avre Este Abat-Jour Bijou

Author:

Traditional

Composer:

Traditional

Genre:

Sephardic

Subject:

Love/Beauty/Vanity/Narcissism

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27326

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Avre este abat-jour bijou, avre la tu ventana, por ver tu cara morena, al dio…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

If you forget me, you will lose your beauty.

Language:

Ladino

Adio Querida

Also known as:

Adio Kerida

Genre:

Sephardic/Love/Lament/Folk

Subject:

Love/Rejection/Bitterness

Song comment:

Goodbye My Love

Origin:

Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb B-067(a)

Transliteration:

Alb T-025(a)/Alb S-083(a)/

Translation:

Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb B-067(a)

Related information in folder 807:

Comments:

1. Email from Anna Hurkmans of Rome, Italy, teacher and performer reports tjhat Adio Querida has the same melody as Verdis' "Addio al passato" (from Traviata)

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27327

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Tu madre cuando te pario, Y te quito al mundo,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Una Muchacha En Selanica

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27328

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Una muchacha en Selanica, que la quijeron castigar, por unos negros Yapraquitos

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Yo M'enamori D'un Aire

Genre:

Love/Sephardic

Subject:

Love/Bearing/Appearance/Charm/Beauty

Song comment:

I Fell In Love With The Charms

Origin:

Alb R-033(a)/Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb E-015(c)/

Transliteration:

Alb G-026(a)/

Translation:

Alb R-033(a)/Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27329

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Yo m'enamori d'un aire la la la... d'un aire d'una mujer, d'una mujer,...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

I fell in love with her bearing, with the bearing of a woman

Language:

Ladino

Mi Suegra (Ladino)

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27330

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Mi Suegra, la negra, con mi se daquileya, yo no puedo mas vivir con

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Is this the same as "Jo Kon La Mi Kusuegra (Ladino)"

Language:

Ladino

Por La Tu Puerta Yo Pasi

Genre:

Love/Sephardic

Subject:

Beauty/Passion/Worth/

Origin:

Alb V-009(b)/E-015(c)

Translation:

/v-009(b)/S-083(c)

Additional song notes:

I Passed By Your Door

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27331

Artist:

Engel, Helene

Artist:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Por la tu puerta yo pasi, yo la topi cerrada,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

I passed by your door, I found it closed, I kissed the lock,

Language:

Ladino

Fel Shara

Genre:

Sephardic/Love/Folk

Subject:

Rejection/Constancy

Origin:

Alb E-015(c)

Translation:

CD J-032(a)

Additional song notes:

Incorpoates French, Italian, Ladino, English and Arabic

On album:

E-015(d) (La Serena /Helene Engel/ Chansons Judeo- Espagnoles)

Track ID:

27332

Vocal:

Engel, Helene

Guitar/Arranger:

Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr

First line:

Fel shara caner betet masha, la signorina aux beaux yeux...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Style:

Concert