Tzur Menati It is a poem written by Shalem Shabazi (you can find it written as Shalom too), a Yemenite Jewish poet from 17th century, of whom there are around 550 poems. He wrote in Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic. He was already mentioned in this previous edition. It is a shira. According to Avner Bahat in the booklet of The Yemenite Jews, from the Anthology of Traditional Musics edited by the label Auvidis for the UNESCO Collection), shira is: “Literally “singing”. The shira is the central musical event at any social or ceremonial gathering. It is composed in the muwashshah poetic form (in strophes), each strophe with its own rhyme, but one rhyme being common to the closing lines of all the strophes, creating the impression of a kind of refrain. The shira is danced too and is accompanied by a percussive rhythm tapped out on tin cans or copper plates (tsahan). Following the destruction of the Temple, the Jews were forbidden to play musical instruments. The Yemenites circumvented this prohibition by using percussion instruments which they did not classify as “musical”. Today the less orthodox among them also use drums.”
Tzur Menati
It is a poem written by Shalem Shabazi (you can find it written as Shalom too), a Yemenite Jewish poet from 17th century, of whom there are around 550 poems. He wrote in Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic. He was already mentioned in this previous edition.
It is a shira. According to Avner Bahat in the booklet of The Yemenite Jews, from the Anthology of Traditional Musics edited by the label Auvidis for the UNESCO Collection), shira is: “Literally “singing”. The shira is the central musical event at any social or ceremonial gathering. It is composed in the muwashshah poetic form (in strophes), each strophe with its own rhyme, but one rhyme being common to the closing lines of all the strophes, creating the impression of a kind of refrain. The shira is danced too and is accompanied by a percussive rhythm tapped out on tin cans or copper plates (tsahan). Following the destruction of the Temple, the Jews were forbidden to play musical instruments. The Yemenites circumvented this prohibition by using percussion instruments which they did not classify as “musical”. Today the less orthodox among them also use drums.”
R. I. P. Ofra. Miss you, miss your golden voice, miss your songs. Remember of you forever. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
beautiful ofra haza toda rabah am israel jai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Super.
Superba.
Păcat.casa.dus.dintre.noi.va.fi.an.sufletul.meu.
одним словом офра !!
Is it aramaic?
Nope! Hebrew.
N-am știut.saapreciez.odoamna.cu.toul.caaproape.amcrescut.cu.pesele.placute.de.mine.vafi.si.varamane.pentru.mine.o.doamna.adevrata.
Nu.am.cuvine.