Songs written or composed
Hija Mia Mi Querida
- Also known as:
- Hija Mia
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Genre:
- Ladino/Lament/Sephardic
- Subject:
- Daughter/Suicide/Drowning
- Origin:
- Alb M-049(a)/Alb U-009(a)
- Translation:
- Alb M-049(a)/CD J-032(a)
Recordings
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37295
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Oud and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Darbuka and riqq:
- Yousif Sheronick
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Hija Mia mi querida, Te vo dar un hermozo No quero pardi no quero
- First line (Ladino):
- My daughter, my dear ill set yoy up with a handsome man no father I don’t want
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love/Match/matchmaking
- Length:
- 5:14
- On album:
- V-009(a) (The Time of Singing Is Come Voice of the Turtle — עת הזמיר הגיע שירי הספרדים קול התור)
- Track ID:
- 6545
- Artist:
- Voice Of The Turtle
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- My beloved daughter, don't throw yourself into the sea!
- Language:
- Ladino
- On album:
- G-006(l) (Chants Judeo-Espagnols Du XVIe Siecle...par Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18903
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Artist:
- Bunal, Jean, guitar acc.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- My beloved daughter, don't throw yourself into the sea!
- Language:
- Ladino
- On album:
- M-049(a) (Mosaic Yiddish & Judeo-Spanish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 20865
- Vocal:
- Seewald, Zahava
- Artist:
- Reinitz, Andre, arranger & accomp
- Vocal:
- Bacynsky, Michele
- First line:
- Hija mia mi querida, aman aman, aman, No te eches a la mar,
- Track comment:
- My girl, my darling, don't throw yourself in the sea,
- Language:
- Ladino
- On album:
- J-032(a) (A Jewish Odyssey)
- Track ID:
- 28716
- Vocal:
- Esim, Janet
- Vocal:
- Esim, Jak
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Ogur, Erkan
- First line:
- Hija mia mi querida, aman aman, aman, No te eches a la mar,
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded on "Sefardim 1" on Fuer & Eis, 1994
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Duet
- Length:
- 3' 35"
- On album:
- K-159(a) (Dora Juarez Kiczkovsky Cantos Para Una Diaspora)
- Track ID:
- 40084
- vioce, kalimba, thai mouth harp, kazoo, cymbals, whales,wind:
- Juárez Kiczkovsky, Dora
- Guitar, vocal percussion:
- Vigueras, Fernando
- Bouble bass:
- Maldonado, Carlos
- accordion, vocal percussion:
- Soqui, Leo
- First line:
- Hija mia mi querida, aman aman, aman, No te eches a la mar,
- Language:
- Ladino
- Length:
- 3:10
Café Rumbita
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love/Sleep/Hearbreak
- Additional song notes:
- Café Rumbita
Durme Durme (Aroeste)
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love/Life/Birth/Cycles
- Translation:
- Alb A-020(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb C-017(a)
- Additional song notes:
- As You Sleep
Yo M'enamori
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love/Nights for making love/Fish/cuddle fish
- Additional song notes:
- Moon Trick
Recording
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37297
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano, leslie and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Yo m'enamori d'un aire la la la… d'un aire d'una mujer, d'una mujer,…
- First line (Ladino):
- I fell in love with the charms, the charms of someone
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 3:58
Adio Querida (Aroeste)
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Composer:
- Alan Cohen
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love
- Translation:
- Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb B-067(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Last Goodbye
Other tracks with this artist
Durme Durme
- Genre:
- Sephardic/Lullaby/Traditional
- Subject:
- Lullaby/Viglid/Child/Peace/Faith/Market/University/Doctor
- Origin:
- Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb Y-018(c)
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 918
- Translation:
- Alb A-020(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Ephemera 918
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37296
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano and Vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Frame Drum:
- Yousif Sheronick
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Durme, durme, hermozadonzella, sin ansia y dolor
- First line (Ladino):
- Sleep Sleep beautiful one, Sleep without worry or sorrow
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Sleep/Slave/Love/
- Length:
- 4:49
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:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37298
- Vocal:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano and vocal:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- Nay:
- Bridget Robbins
- First line:
- Tu madre cuando te pario Y te quito al mundo
- Track comment:
- Your mother when she bore you, And gave you to the world
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love/Sadness
- Length:
- 5:09
Noches
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love
- Additional song notes:
- Sweet Nights
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37299
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano, percussion and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- Nay:
- Bridget Robbins
- First line:
- Noches, noches, buenas noches Noches son d'enamorar
- First line (Ladino):
- Night, Night, sweet nights Nights for making love
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love/Sex/Bed/Fish/Sea
- Length:
- 7:19
Hija Mia Remix
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love
- Additional song notes:
- Hija Mia (The One I Want) Remix
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37300
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Oud and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Darbuka and riqq:
- Yousif Sheronick
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Hija Mia mi querida, Te vo dar un hermozo No quero pardi no quero
- First line (Ladino):
- My daughter, my dear ill set yoy up with a handsome man no father I don’t want
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 5:12
A la Una
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish/Traditional
- Subject:
- Love/Forbidden Love/Unrequited Love
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 918
- Translation:
- Ephemera 918
- Additional song notes:
- In the Beginning
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37292
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Oud:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Qanun:
- Hicham Chami
- Drums and darbuka:
- Yousif Sheronick
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- A la una yo naci, A las dos m'engrandeci, a las tes tomi amante
- First line (Ladino):
- At one I was born, At two I grew up, At three I took a lover
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 5:00
Arvoles
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love/Arranged Marriage
- Additional song notes:
- Missing You
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37293
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano and Vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Qanun:
- Hicham Chami
- Drums:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Arvoles lloran por lluvias Y montanas por aires, ansi lloran los mis ojos por ti
- First line (Ladino):
- trees weep for rain, and mountains fie air, so my eyes weep for you
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 3:45