Vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a song from the Sephardi music repertoire; the Jewish community that was expelled from Iberia at the end of the Reconquista, and settled around the Mediterranean, developping diverse regional styles based on where they settled. This specific song is from Tangiers, Morocco, and was written by an anonymous author in 1890. Different songs using this text, or similar ones detailing the birth of Abraham have existed during the centuries, but this one in Maqam Hijaz is the most well known one. My arrangement pays homage to the Moroccan-Spanish background of the song by mixing a Moroccan string section, percussions and oud with a Spanish guitar chord progression similar to Flamenco’s. Lyrics in Ladino: Kuando el rei Nimrod al kampo salia mirava en el sielo i en la estreyeria vido una lus santa en la juderia Ke avia de naser Avraham Avinu. Chorus: Avraham Avinu, Padre kerido Padre bendicho, lus de Israel. Luego a las komadres enkomendava Ke toda mujer ke prenyada kedara si paria un ijo, al punto la matara Ke avia de naser Avraham Avinu. La mujer de Terah kedo prenyada i de dia en dia el le preguntava (or demandava) "¿De ke teneix la kara tan demudada?" Eya ya savia el bien ke tenia. En fin de mueve mezes parir keria iva caminando por kampos i vinyas, a su marido tal ni le descubria topo una meara, ayi lo pariria En akella ora el nasido avlava: "Anda vos, la mi madre, de la meara, yo ya topo kien m'alechara, Malah de sielo me acompanyara. Grande zekhut tiene el senyor Avraham, que por él conocemos el Dío de la verdad. Grande zekhut tiene el senyor parido, que afirma la mitsvá de Avraham Avinu. English translation: When King Nimrod went out to the countryside He was looking at heaven and at the stars He saw a holy light in the Jewish quarter [A sign] that Abraham, our father, was about to be born. Chorus: Abraham our Father, beloved father, Blessed father, light of Israel. Then he told the midwives That every woman who was still pregnant If she gave birth to a male child at once he will be killed because Abraham our father was about to be born. Terach's wife was pregnant and each day he would ask her "Why do you look so pale?" She already knew the blessing that she had. At the end of nine months she wanted to give birth, She walked through fields and vineyards She didn't tell her husband anything, She found a cave; there, she would give birth. At that time the newborn spoke: "Walk away from the cave, my mother I have already found someone who will take me away. An angel from heaven will accompany me Because I am a child of the blessed God." After twenty days she went to visit him. She saw in front of her a young man leaping, Looking at the sky and (looking carefully/noticing everything), In order to know the God of Truth. Great merit has honorable Abraham Because of him we recognize the true God. Great merit has the father of the newborn Who fulfills the commandment of Abraham our father.
Hello, Farya. Do you know the traditional Song of Sicily? In it there are elements from Greek, Arab, Jewish, Spanish and own culture. Why don't you make a sicilian music video? Congratulations for your great activity! I love your music very much! Regards. Matteo from Sicily
Buenos días, Farya. I noticed a thing about your singing voice that mostly seems to happen in your spanish songs. In most of the other languages your voice seems more tight anc clean, but in spanish you seem to be more raspy and like you expell more air. Although I may be imagining things. I think It maybe that you usually add a bit of nasality in the vocals (wich makes It sound more tight, like you add twang), but in some of the sephardic/spanish songs sometimes (I think) you don't do it. Anyway, great job, I love your work ❤
@@faryafaraji Farya thanks a lot for this masterpiece. Before your arrangment of this song I didn't know how sephardic song are beautiful! But i want to ask, will you make your own version of Palästinalied some day? :P
@@faryafaraji Please, look into Syriac Language and it's Music in Assyrian Empire of past. I am a Syro-malabar Catholic 🇻🇦 from India🇮🇳. Our Liturgy is East Syriac. I am very much delighted to know people are there and here, interested in old Languages and music of that era.😁🙏🏼 All the Best! 👍🏼
As a native Spanish speaker, it is interesting to note the similarity between Ladino and Spanish. I understood most of the song, barring some words that read like they are from Hebrew. Thank you for making this, I have always been fascinated by the evolution of languages.
That's so interesting. It's the same with German and Yiddish. I have no Jewish ancestry as far as I know but I remember my Grandma using words that I only later learned were mostly associated with Yiddish. Meschugge for example.
@@rhel373 Yes, I get what you mean. To me it was very surprising while learning English to see the influence of French in modern English and how it shaped its evolution. In my case it is interesting to see that, while Ladino uses a very archaic form of Spanish for a lot of its words, it is still mostly understandable by modern Spanish standards, although the Hebrew influence in it is very notable, even though it is still different enough to be considered a language of its own.
Sadly, Ladino is not that common anymore. Hopefully we can continue to keep this language alive. I saw books in Ladino and they look very cool, and I only know one person who can speak Ladino.
@@n00b_n00b_it’s so nice that you, as a Turk, are interested in the Jewish culture 😅 It’s so complicated that not so many people actually care to read about Jewish history, listen to our songs and learn our languages
@@aas11476ng Yes, I find Roman-Jewish but especially Turkish-Jewish history to be very fascinating. Turkish Jews have enriched our society with their culture and language. I'm just really saddened that many of them made their Aliyah to Israel. Oh and btw thanks for the advice for where I can learn Ladino.
No creo que esto sea ladino puro como se hablaba hasta las órdenes de expulsión 1609-1614, parece bien más castellano andaluz. Hay que tener en cuenta que se escribió en 1890 y que por estas fechas el contacto de Tanger con la península era bastante regular. Sin embargo, esta música nos puede dar una idea de como sería la música en los tiempos de la Hispania musulmana.
Para evitar una posible influencia del español moderno, podrías conversar en Israel con sefarditas cuyos ancestros migraron a las provincias balcánicas y asiáticas del Imperio otomano (y por ende no estuvieron cerca de España después de 1492). Claro, el ladino de ellos tendría, eso sí, algunos préstamos del griego, turco y algunas lenguas eslavas.
@@paulocastrogarrido3499 Acredito que essa seja uma versão em Haketia ou Ladino Ocidental, que costumava ser falado na Península Ibérica, daí a proximidade com o castelhano e português. Hoje em dia, esse dialeto atualmente se encontra em extinção, sendo somete falado por gerações mais velhas e o Ladino atual que é comumente falado pelas comunidades sefarditas é na verdade a variante oriental falada nos Balcãs e na Turquia, que continuou sendo preservada durante muito tempo.
Farya, I just wanna say, as an Iranian Jew, I love the respect and skill with which you handle all of these songs! These ones are no exception! Your channel is my favorite music channel!
You truly bring this song alive. I first learned it in Istanbul where Ladino songs are quite popular still among Jews, even though the spoken language is fading away.
@@Planetatierra7 tienen dos gran lenguas djudias espanyolas ambas llamadas de ladino, lo ladino oriental y o lo Haketia(ladino ocidental), son basikamente los dialektos del siglo XV, lo Haketia es de Marroko entonses tiene influensia de árabe y lo ladino oriental tienen influensias de grego y turko. Yo favlo lo de Marroko.
Civilization 6: Great Musician Farya Faraji has come to your capital! His masterful compositions can inspire our people and initiate a Concert Tour. (Five turns later) "Your influential culture has inspired the world. Great works of art, music, and writing will be celebrated for generations. Your civilization will be remembered for all time."
@@ruZZ_guy А, так русский - это мой родной :) Я уже как пятое поколение в России после геноцида христиан в Турции. Если про традиции, то тут стоило бы рассказать про ассирийские праздники, которые устраиваются в честь христианских святых. Определенные семьи на определенные даты арендуют зал или столовую, готовят еду на несколько сотен гостей-ассирийцев, приглашают национальную музыкальную группу. Дальше при входе каждая семья даёт денег, сколько может дабы были деньги на организацию следующего праздника. И одна из важнейших личностей праздника - кящя (священник), который читает молитву на древнеарамейском в самом начале мероприятия. После уже начинаются национальные танцы (в большинстве своем круговые). И так мы радуемся жизни до самой ночи :) Если тебе очень интересно, то можешь посмотреть праздники на Ютубе, ведь многие их снимают на камеру, затем выкладывая И я очень давно изучаю культуру и традиции еврейского народа, по этому мне было бы очень интересно услышать побольше от представителя данного народа. Если не составляет труда, расскажешь что-то?
@@ruZZ_guy Так-то русский - это мой родной язык, ведь я уже отношусь к пятому поколению в России, после геноцида христиан в Турции. Если тебе интересно про традиции, то расскажу-ка я про наши священные праздники, которые организовываются в честь христианских святых. В общем, определенная семья в определенную дату арендует зал/столовую, готовят еду на несколько сотен гостей-ассирийцев, приглашает национальную музыкальную группу и кящя (священника), который в самом начале читает молитву на древнеарамейском. Праздник считается начатым только после молитвы. Дальше начинаются национальные танцы (в большинстве круговые). К сожалению, национальную еду стали готовить меньше, но приведу пару примеров: долма, котли (такие же долмы, но без листа винограда или капусты), джяджик (тут "ж" должна быть мягкой), кяда (пирог со сладкой массой внутри). Если тебе интересно, то все эти праздники есть на Ютубе, можешь посмотреть. И ещё, я очень давно увлекаюсь историей и культурой еврейского народа, смею предположить, что ты относишься к ашкеназской общине, если не трудно, можешь рассказать что-то об обычаях своего народа, пожалуйста?
As a proud sephardic jew whose ancestors were Ladino/Haketia speakers from Portugal and Morocco, this rendition as well as your rendition of Kol Dodi soothes my soul. If you have the time, please do another one for "Bendigamos" , "Tres Hermanicas" or "Buena Semana Mos El Dio", there are many sephardic banger songs out there to explore. Love your work, man! ❤❤❤❤
@@zivgann1808 Well, Balkan is all of them, Salonica was like New York before it became rich (and a dump) Otherwise yes you are correct, I come from a mixed household who's grandparents held different rites
@zivifergann1808 As Moroccan Berber , Since I discovered through DNA test that I am 4% Ashkenazi! ( why not shephard?I don't know how!) 10% Iberian , 80% North African. I became interested in learning more about the my 4% Jewish music.
SIR: I am in utter disbelief. Today is a historic day, because today is the day that we BOTH uploaded Sephardic Jewish songs to our respective channels!! Too much of a coincidence. This is one of my absolute favorites and you did justice to it!!! P.S: I just uploaded my version of "La Komida La Mañana", which I also think you should cover!
Many recordings of Sephardic Ladino songs sound very "cleaned up" - as in, they don't sound particularly Spanish or Middle Eastern - probably because they are recorded by people who are Classically trained. You bring it back in a particularly badass way. The rhythm drives, your voice has a grittiness that evokes flamenco, and the instrumentation is brilliant. Closing my eyes listening to this song, I see the synagogue in Cordoba, I see the Bible, I see Antonio Banderas walking away from an explosion. Please take this as a complement.
Well done Farya! I am Greek and I speak Spanish. I knew for the language of lantino. Also I travelled to Morroco with my wife so the music of the song rings me a bell. It worths to say that after the reconquista many of the Jewish found their new home to Thessaloniki (Greece) until the second World War. Espero que te hagas mas composiciones como esta. ¡Hasta la próxima!
I am a Nasrani from India 🇮🇳 a Syro-malabar Catholic🇻🇦. We have Oriental sounds in Ancient Liturgy and really fascinated by your reasearch and time you put in your videos. God bless! 🙏🏼👍🏼👌🏻 Keep the Fire burning! 🔥
@@adaywithsmator Yeah, but it's mostly Liturgical Music in Oriental style though some language of Syriac Language pronunciation is quite different from Assyrian Catholic church Liturgical music. We both have same, Liturgical prayers and songs as there's big Influence of the Chaldean Church of East and Antiochean Catholic church in the South India, before the Arrival of Portuguese an Latin Catholic Traditions of West. 😃 It's actually very cool, to be celebrating Catholics traditions. 🤩 Traditions in whole world.
La kantiga ke mi padre siempre kantava, y mozotros siempre mantenemos la tradicion, siempre despues de kabalat sabat, y en celebraciones y pascua komo kuando fue lo brit mila de mi hijo. Mozotros veniamos de Fez.
Wow been looking at your channel ! You really carry out your projects down to the smallest detail and justify your artistic choices with erudition, you pronounce each language well, in any case your French is great, and you are really beautiful, I am short of compliments, excellent work sir !
Quite a beautiful song. My Sephardic ancestry is from Mexico and Puerto Rico, which has quite a large Sephardic population after the Reconquista. Mexico had its own Inquisition as well unfortunately. I have Moroccan ancestry as well but have little information past 4 generations back, the records are not easy to access. Learning Ladino to keep it alive 🙌🏽 💝
While drunk listening, a voice attracted my attention. So turk like I said, yet different. And looked at the titre😅 farya was the signer. Times upon times i listened him and he still suprises me
as a Sefaradi Jew it's always so interesting to hear your renditions of our traditional songs. I have heard many versions of this song and yours sounds very different than the average formula but I like it a lot, a very refreshing and beautiful take on an already beautiful song, thank you so much for putting in the effort and respecting the culture!
I really dig the gruffer vocal style you went for on this one. I normally listen to your new songs a few times before putting them into my usual music rotation. This one has had me hitting the replay button since yesterday and getting my one-year-old to dance with me. My *God* is this one an earworm.
@@RicardoBaptista33 praticante, sou de Sangue Sefardita por parte de mãe(minha mãe é brasileira) e Ashkenazi por parte de pai(meu pai é nascido na Alemanha mas veio pro Brasil depois de casar com a minha mãe)
It's sad to see that the Ladino culture and language are unheard of much and that it's not really around anymore. It was a blend of Ibero-Romance and Hebrew languages, along with a mix of cultural aspects that really added alot to the diverse range of peoples in Iberia at the time during the medieval ages. I'm currently learning Spanish and this is a really cool experience to listen to this type of culture and music.
The place with the most surviving Ladino culture, and, Ladino influence, is Israel. Present Israeli Hebrew culture has absorbed the Sefaradi-Ladino heritage as one of its important constituent components.
I love what you are doing with this channel, bringing to life what musical traditions sounded like in different cultures and time periods. weather it be epic battles like Nineveh 627, factions like the Varangians, or entire life stories like what you did with the Janissary. Thank you for taking so much time research and effort to show us such an overlooked and fascinating aspect of history.
I really love your work. It sounds always beautiful and, what i love the most, you discribe the historical backround. It´s so interestig to learn more about it, while you listening.
A really cool recommendation I have - if you would be willing to tackle it, is music of the Griko/Greka communities of southern italy. This would be AMAZING if you could capture their culture and music as greatly and well as you do all other cultures!!! Thank you for hours of great music!!
Just when I thought you couldn't possibly hit more of my favourite ethnic sounds, you dish out a Sephardic track. Absolutely amazing, thank you for your indispensable work.
.I've been wanting to recommend this group to you for a long time, and since now you are making Sephardic songs it's the best moment. The group is called Sephardica you will find them on youtube if you type Emilio Villalba (he's one of the members) they upload all their music on that channel and its the best rendition of medieval music I've seen, because they are very authentic , being andalusian they have a diferent way of approaching music and they research a lot. Their music is from the three cultures of medieval Iberia, Sephardic, Christian and from Al Andalus. And even some mozarab music (Hispanoromans living under Muslim occupation)and they use a great variety of authentic instruments, it's just great. Emilio plays the oud and other stringed instruments like a pro, and Ángeles sings beautifully in a melismatic way. The saI'd they research music and folklore from both Spain and North Africa as well as the Sephardic music, and they also use their andalusian music background to fill the gaps, which it's the best way to do it since the contemporary andalusian music is the result of mixing all those musical traditions + Roma music. And by what I learned whith you I think it's a good decision because they sound very mediterranean, as they should. So yeah, please listen to their songs, which are most of the times renditions of real music, it's very inspiring
Don't know if someone has mentioned this yet, but the song is based on a part from the Book of Yasher (Jasher), where it says that Avram (before being called Avraham), was born during Nimrod's time. The story of his youth and marriage to Sarah are there as well.
Yup, Regardless of the opinion of authenticity, the book of Yasher is an amazing read. There is also another jewish text called the apocalypse of Abraham it differs slightly but provides similar accounts of the story of Abraham with Nimrod. reading the sons of Jacob leaping over walls and conquering the 7 amorite cities by themselves is always so fun to me, its very absurd the detail is goes into, It feel like something straight out of an anime fight scene. we don't have this account in Genesis but we do have a mention of these battles in the book of Jubilees and the testament of Judah, There are a bunch of other sources from midrashes To Josephus which mentioned of events that are recorded in this book.
@@herbseinburg449 I agree. I haven't read the whole book but am fascinated about the details of Abraham's birth and life etc. That sounds interesting, haven't heard of the Apocalyse of Abraham. Will have to look into that, thanks for sharing.
No way, this is my favorite sephardic song and with a bağlama?! , dude this is a dream come true, EDIT; realised the Baglama is for decoration purposes in the video, but still an amazing rendition nonetheless 👍
I first heard this song in an album called echoes of qiyan by qiyan krets and its one of my faves from this region and culture but now I can't stop listening to your rendition; im so glad for the youtube algorithm for recommending your channel! ive been showing your videos to all my artist and writer friends who are always looking for music to create to. thank you for showing us your art 🙌
It is is fitting that a son of the first culture to craft monotheism should remind of us of our long lost preeminence. And a fellow North American, no less. You humble me, Farya; my own people would not be who we are today without the likes’ of you to remind us. Thank you, o master of music.
Just another great performance. It is absolutely amazing, how you adapt your voice to every music style. For me this slightly hoarse voice is so typical for Spanish traditional songs, let it be Sephardic here.
You are very good at getting used to the image of the songs. When I listen to your songs, everything is painted with bright colors. Now you also got into the character and color of this song. You are a very good artist! And you have very beautiful eyes and an expressive look.
Very impressive and beautiful! Is there a tongue you can't speak, a song you cannot sing, a story you will not tell? You make history and the voices of peoples long since passed come alive. And that with the commanding presence that are reminiscent of Sargon of Akkad. You must have many old souls breathing in your chest, crying out to be heard.
Found your channel a few months back from one of your Serbian covers, from then on I enjoyed every song I heard from you, keep up the great work and greetings from Serbia
I really love your music! You keep making absolute banger songs. I have a request, if you take those. Can you make another song about the Danish king Harald Bluetooth? The one who united the Danish realm into the Danish kingdom.
Vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a song from the Sephardi music repertoire; the Jewish community that was expelled from Iberia at the end of the Reconquista, and settled around the Mediterranean, developping diverse regional styles based on where they settled.
This specific song is from Tangiers, Morocco, and was written by an anonymous author in 1890. Different songs using this text, or similar ones detailing the birth of Abraham have existed during the centuries, but this one in Maqam Hijaz is the most well known one.
My arrangement pays homage to the Moroccan-Spanish background of the song by mixing a Moroccan string section, percussions and oud with a Spanish guitar chord progression similar to Flamenco’s.
Lyrics in Ladino:
Kuando el rei Nimrod al kampo salia
mirava en el sielo i en la estreyeria
vido una lus santa en la juderia
Ke avia de naser Avraham Avinu.
Chorus:
Avraham Avinu, Padre kerido
Padre bendicho, lus de Israel.
Luego a las komadres enkomendava
Ke toda mujer ke prenyada kedara
si paria un ijo, al punto la matara
Ke avia de naser Avraham Avinu.
La mujer de Terah kedo prenyada
i de dia en dia el le preguntava (or demandava)
"¿De ke teneix la kara tan demudada?"
Eya ya savia el bien ke tenia.
En fin de mueve mezes parir keria
iva caminando por kampos i vinyas,
a su marido tal ni le descubria
topo una meara, ayi lo pariria
En akella ora el nasido avlava:
"Anda vos, la mi madre, de la meara,
yo ya topo kien m'alechara,
Malah de sielo me acompanyara.
Grande zekhut tiene el senyor Avraham,
que por él conocemos el Dío de la verdad.
Grande zekhut tiene el senyor parido,
que afirma la mitsvá de Avraham Avinu.
English translation:
When King Nimrod went out to the countryside
He was looking at heaven and at the stars
He saw a holy light in the Jewish quarter
[A sign] that Abraham, our father, was about to be born.
Chorus:
Abraham our Father, beloved father,
Blessed father, light of Israel.
Then he told the midwives
That every woman who was still pregnant
If she gave birth to a male child at once he will be killed
because Abraham our father was about to be born.
Terach's wife was pregnant
and each day he would ask her
"Why do you look so pale?"
She already knew the blessing that she had.
At the end of nine months she wanted to give birth,
She walked through fields and vineyards
She didn't tell her husband anything,
She found a cave; there, she would give birth.
At that time the newborn spoke:
"Walk away from the cave, my mother
I have already found someone who will take me away.
An angel from heaven will accompany me
Because I am a child of the blessed God."
After twenty days she went to visit him.
She saw in front of her a young man leaping,
Looking at the sky and (looking carefully/noticing everything),
In order to know the God of Truth.
Great merit has honorable Abraham
Because of him we recognize the true God.
Great merit has the father of the newborn
Who fulfills the commandment of Abraham our father.
hi farya Can you do an epic symphony about the Battle of Kulikovo, please?
Hello, Farya. Do you know the traditional Song of Sicily? In it there are elements from Greek, Arab, Jewish, Spanish and own culture. Why don't you make a sicilian music video? Congratulations for your great activity! I love your music very much! Regards. Matteo from Sicily
You sing it well, you are extremely cultured and wise. Bless your heart and soul you beautiful animal.
Buenos días, Farya. I noticed a thing about your singing voice that mostly seems to happen in your spanish songs. In most of the other languages your voice seems more tight anc clean, but in spanish you seem to be more raspy and like you expell more air. Although I may be imagining things. I think It maybe that you usually add a bit of nasality in the vocals (wich makes It sound more tight, like you add twang), but in some of the sephardic/spanish songs sometimes (I think) you don't do it. Anyway, great job, I love your work ❤
Some of us never left and managed to survive in the remote interior of Portugal, unfortunately, ladino had to be dropped (and forgotten) to survive.
Yazdan: How much talent?
Ahura Mazda: Yes
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As always thank you for your work. As a Jew, this is fascinating to hear. You really are a genius of our time.
Thanks Robert! I’m honoured!
@@faryafaraji Farya thanks a lot for this masterpiece. Before your arrangment of this song I didn't know how sephardic song are beautiful! But i want to ask, will you make your own version of Palästinalied some day? :P
@@vladislavkomarov6813 he’s already made one I think
@@faryafaraji Please, look into Syriac Language and it's Music in Assyrian Empire of past. I am a Syro-malabar Catholic 🇻🇦 from India🇮🇳. Our Liturgy is East Syriac.
I am very much delighted to know people are there and here, interested in old Languages and music of that era.😁🙏🏼 All the Best! 👍🏼
@@delvingeorge2807Сефарди и Ашкабези су Египћани.
As a Spaniard this was fascinating. Cool stuff
As a native Spanish speaker, it is interesting to note the similarity between Ladino and Spanish. I understood most of the song, barring some words that read like they are from Hebrew. Thank you for making this, I have always been fascinated by the evolution of languages.
I agree. It is incredibly close to Spanish. The biggest difference seems to be that the spelling was standardized differently.
That's so interesting. It's the same with German and Yiddish. I have no Jewish ancestry as far as I know but I remember my Grandma using words that I only later learned were mostly associated with Yiddish. Meschugge for example.
@@rhel373 Yes, I get what you mean. To me it was very surprising while learning English to see the influence of French in modern English and how it shaped its evolution. In my case it is interesting to see that, while Ladino uses a very archaic form of Spanish for a lot of its words, it is still mostly understandable by modern Spanish standards, although the Hebrew influence in it is very notable, even though it is still different enough to be considered a language of its own.
Es siplemente la limba espagñole medieval.
When you say Spanish you mean Castilian. Ladino is as close to Castilian as Catalan is.
As a sephardi-turkish jew this moved my heart, thank you very much
Gobble Tov!
@@BBWahoo tf is gobble
@@zivgann1808
Turkey sounds!
@@BBWahoo lol
And even for me, as a spanish thanks for preserve our culture
Sadly, Ladino is not that common anymore. Hopefully we can continue to keep this language alive. I saw books in Ladino and they look very cool, and I only know one person who can speak Ladino.
I’m a sephardi jew and only my grandparents speak ladino now, I want to learn
@@sharkoj Oxford OSRJL has free courses. I study Yiddish there
@@sharkoj öğren dostum bende Ladino öğrenmek istiyorum. (Yahudi asıllı değilim)
@@n00b_n00b_it’s so nice that you, as a Turk, are interested in the Jewish culture 😅 It’s so complicated that not so many people actually care to read about Jewish history, listen to our songs and learn our languages
@@aas11476ng Yes, I find Roman-Jewish but especially Turkish-Jewish history to be very fascinating. Turkish Jews have enriched our society with their culture and language. I'm just really saddened that many of them made their Aliyah to Israel. Oh and btw thanks for the advice for where I can learn Ladino.
I’m Ashkenazi myself but it’s so cool to see my Sephardic siblings’ music represented and specifically Ladino
@@DrAnarchy69 soy de origen sefardí pero tengo mentalidad ashkenazi, soy zelote
Es alucinante pensar que puedo comprender perfectamente una lengua que otros miran con fascinación y como algo "exótico" de cierta forma
No creo que esto sea ladino puro como se hablaba hasta las órdenes de expulsión 1609-1614, parece bien más castellano andaluz. Hay que tener en cuenta que se escribió en 1890 y que por estas fechas el contacto de Tanger con la península era bastante regular. Sin embargo, esta música nos puede dar una idea de como sería la música en los tiempos de la Hispania musulmana.
@@paulocastrogarrido3499⋅ 1609 es para los moriscos. Para los judíos es 1492 (117 años antes).
Desafortunadamente nunca lo averiguaremos... La idea de poder conversar con un sefardí del Siglo XV, fascinante
Para evitar una posible influencia del español moderno, podrías conversar en Israel con sefarditas cuyos ancestros migraron a las provincias balcánicas y asiáticas del Imperio otomano (y por ende no estuvieron cerca de España después de 1492). Claro, el ladino de ellos tendría, eso sí, algunos préstamos del griego, turco y algunas lenguas eslavas.
@@paulocastrogarrido3499 Acredito que essa seja uma versão em Haketia ou Ladino Ocidental, que costumava ser falado na Península Ibérica, daí a proximidade com o castelhano e português. Hoje em dia, esse dialeto atualmente se encontra em extinção, sendo somete falado por gerações mais velhas e o Ladino atual que é comumente falado pelas comunidades sefarditas é na verdade a variante oriental falada nos Balcãs e na Turquia, que continuou sendo preservada durante muito tempo.
This guy is just the Persian version of Gigachad at this point.
Farya, I just wanna say, as an Iranian Jew, I love the respect and skill with which you handle all of these songs! These ones are no exception! Your channel is my favorite music channel!
You truly bring this song alive. I first learned it in Istanbul where Ladino songs are quite popular still among Jews, even though the spoken language is fading away.
Great Thanks again Farya! another masterpiece 😍 ✡️💙💙 תודה רבה פריה
La lingua djudeo spanyola de muestros padres.
Los míos eran judeolucitanos, no judeocastellanos.
No solo delos, ma de mozotros
Que tipo de español hablan? Yo hablo castellano pero primera que vez que veo este tipo de español, es español segardi o algo así?
@@Planetatierra7 tienen dos gran lenguas djudias espanyolas ambas llamadas de ladino, lo ladino oriental y o lo Haketia(ladino ocidental), son basikamente los dialektos del siglo XV, lo Haketia es de Marroko entonses tiene influensia de árabe y lo ladino oriental tienen influensias de grego y turko.
Yo favlo lo de Marroko.
@@dshevach77 I believe there are 5 dialects, including the original Ladino. Eastern Ladino also has Arabic influences.
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you can really hear the morrocan and spanish blend, it goes excellent together!
سلام! من آشوری هستم و در مسکو زندگی می کنم. ولی من هر روز آهنگ هاتون گوش می دادم. خیلی ممنون!
Привет! Надеюсь у вашего народа будет независимость! Привет от таки русского Еврея, ныне живущего в Израиле :)
שלןם!
@ruZZ_guy Привет! На равне с твоим народом, моему тоже хотели выделить территорию рядом с нынешним Израилем. Но по какой-то причине этого не сделали(
@@superwarrior2054 ого! У тебя отличный Русский, а расскажешь про Ассирию? Традиции, кухня или еще что нибудь такое, очень интересно узнать,
@@ruZZ_guy А, так русский - это мой родной :) Я уже как пятое поколение в России после геноцида христиан в Турции. Если про традиции, то тут стоило бы рассказать про ассирийские праздники, которые устраиваются в честь христианских святых. Определенные семьи на определенные даты арендуют зал или столовую, готовят еду на несколько сотен гостей-ассирийцев, приглашают национальную музыкальную группу. Дальше при входе каждая семья даёт денег, сколько может дабы были деньги на организацию следующего праздника. И одна из важнейших личностей праздника - кящя (священник), который читает молитву на древнеарамейском в самом начале мероприятия. После уже начинаются национальные танцы (в большинстве своем круговые). И так мы радуемся жизни до самой ночи :)
Если тебе очень интересно, то можешь посмотреть праздники на Ютубе, ведь многие их снимают на камеру, затем выкладывая
И я очень давно изучаю культуру и традиции еврейского народа, по этому мне было бы очень интересно услышать побольше от представителя данного народа. Если не составляет труда, расскажешь что-то?
@@ruZZ_guy Так-то русский - это мой родной язык, ведь я уже отношусь к пятому поколению в России, после геноцида христиан в Турции. Если тебе интересно про традиции, то расскажу-ка я про наши священные праздники, которые организовываются в честь христианских святых. В общем, определенная семья в определенную дату арендует зал/столовую, готовят еду на несколько сотен гостей-ассирийцев, приглашает национальную музыкальную группу и кящя (священника), который в самом начале читает молитву на древнеарамейском. Праздник считается начатым только после молитвы. Дальше начинаются национальные танцы (в большинстве круговые).
К сожалению, национальную еду стали готовить меньше, но приведу пару примеров: долма, котли (такие же долмы, но без листа винограда или капусты), джяджик (тут "ж" должна быть мягкой), кяда (пирог со сладкой массой внутри). Если тебе интересно, то все эти праздники есть на Ютубе, можешь посмотреть.
И ещё, я очень давно увлекаюсь историей и культурой еврейского народа, смею предположить, что ты относишься к ашкеназской общине, если не трудно, можешь рассказать что-то об обычаях своего народа, пожалуйста?
As a proud sephardic jew whose ancestors were Ladino/Haketia speakers from Portugal and Morocco, this rendition as well as your rendition of Kol Dodi soothes my soul. If you have the time, please do another one for "Bendigamos" , "Tres Hermanicas" or "Buena Semana Mos El Dio", there are many sephardic banger songs out there to explore. Love your work, man! ❤❤❤❤
I recently heard this song for the first time, as an Ashkenazi Jew it is lovely to hear the music of our Sephardi siblings ❤
Beautiful arrangement!
Blessings from a Balkan & Maghrebi Jew
@@BBWahoo maghrib is Sephardic and Balkan is Ashkenazi
@@zivgann1808
Well, Balkan is all of them, Salonica was like New York before it became rich (and a dump)
Otherwise yes you are correct, I come from a mixed household who's grandparents held different rites
@@zivgann1808
Google eastern sephardim
@zivifergann1808
As Moroccan Berber , Since I discovered through DNA test that I am 4% Ashkenazi! ( why not shephard?I don't know how!) 10% Iberian , 80% North African. I became interested in learning more about the my 4% Jewish music.
SIR: I am in utter disbelief. Today is a historic day, because today is the day that we BOTH uploaded Sephardic Jewish songs to our respective channels!! Too much of a coincidence. This is one of my absolute favorites and you did justice to it!!!
P.S: I just uploaded my version of "La Komida La Mañana", which I also think you should cover!
Haha so cool! I’ll check it out!
I find this amazing as a Mountain jew. Shalom to our sephardic brothers.
Juhuro Ombor Gordo 🇮🇱
Una buena versión de la canción tradicional Sefaradí en lengua Ladina: Abraham Avinu.
Many recordings of Sephardic Ladino songs sound very "cleaned up" - as in, they don't sound particularly Spanish or Middle Eastern - probably because they are recorded by people who are Classically trained. You bring it back in a particularly badass way. The rhythm drives, your voice has a grittiness that evokes flamenco, and the instrumentation is brilliant. Closing my eyes listening to this song, I see the synagogue in Cordoba, I see the Bible, I see Antonio Banderas walking away from an explosion. Please take this as a complement.
Este hombre me transporta a otras vidas con su musica, ...y buen humor!!!
Well done Farya! I am Greek and I speak Spanish. I knew for the language of lantino. Also I travelled to Morroco with my wife so the music of the song rings me a bell. It worths to say that after the reconquista many of the Jewish found their new home to Thessaloniki (Greece) until the second World War. Espero que te hagas mas composiciones como esta. ¡Hasta la próxima!
I am a Nasrani from India 🇮🇳 a Syro-malabar Catholic🇻🇦. We have Oriental sounds in Ancient Liturgy and really fascinated by your reasearch and time you put in your videos. God bless! 🙏🏼👍🏼👌🏻
Keep the Fire burning! 🔥
Cool. It'd be neat to hear Farya play some pieces from your musical traditions.
@@adaywithsmator Yeah, but it's mostly Liturgical Music in Oriental style though some language of Syriac Language pronunciation is quite different from Assyrian Catholic church Liturgical music. We both have same, Liturgical prayers and songs as there's big Influence of the Chaldean Church of East and Antiochean Catholic church in the South India, before the Arrival of Portuguese an Latin Catholic Traditions of West. 😃 It's actually very cool, to be celebrating Catholics traditions. 🤩
Traditions in whole world.
Beautiful song, greetings from Turkey. And Cheers to Mediterranean Diversity.
La kantiga ke mi padre siempre kantava, y mozotros siempre mantenemos la tradicion, siempre despues de kabalat sabat, y en celebraciones y pascua komo kuando fue lo brit mila de mi hijo. Mozotros veniamos de Fez.
I am who I am and I love this music and I love our Lord blessed be who comes in The name of our Lord 🙏
I've gotten addicted to this channel. I'd love to hear you try a Spanish or Tagalog song from the Philippines 😉
Oh yeah Tagalog is on the list, my best friend is Pinay so I definitely want to make one soon!
Wow been looking at your channel ! You really carry out your projects down to the smallest detail and justify your artistic choices with erudition, you pronounce each language well, in any case your French is great, and you are really beautiful, I am short of compliments, excellent work sir !
Quite a beautiful song. My Sephardic ancestry is from Mexico and Puerto Rico, which has quite a large Sephardic population after the Reconquista. Mexico had its own Inquisition as well unfortunately. I have Moroccan ancestry as well but have little information past 4 generations back, the records are not easy to access.
Learning Ladino to keep it alive 🙌🏽 💝
While drunk listening, a voice attracted my attention. So turk like I said, yet different. And looked at the titre😅 farya was the signer. Times upon times i listened him and he still suprises me
I have sephardic family members, that came back to Spain the last century, thanks for the song!
Shalom shalom
Большое спасибо за новое музыкальное наслаждение
My shul, was a Sephardic one, (although, i myself am yemenite,) and they would use the tune for nishmat kol chi, so it is nice to hear the tune again.
I was fortunate in college to take a class on Sephardic history. Taught by a member of Sephardim, no less. It was a real privilege.
Music from far away. Words similar to those spoken here in Texas...
as a Sefaradi Jew it's always so interesting to hear your renditions of our traditional songs. I have heard many versions of this song and yours sounds very different than the average formula but I like it a lot, a very refreshing and beautiful take on an already beautiful song, thank you so much for putting in the effort and respecting the culture!
Greets from Portugal ❤️🇵🇹👏
I really dig the gruffer vocal style you went for on this one. I normally listen to your new songs a few times before putting them into my usual music rotation. This one has had me hitting the replay button since yesterday and getting my one-year-old to dance with me. My *God* is this one an earworm.
As jewish girl from Latino America(Brazil) I approve this video
Eu também sou brasileiro e acho incrível a história dos judeus sefarditas.
@@samuelberteferreira Brasileiro ta em todo lugar mesmo pqp kkkk
@@RafaellaMorgenstern Estamos dominando o mundo.
Mas és praticante ou somente de sangue?
@@RicardoBaptista33 praticante, sou de Sangue Sefardita por parte de mãe(minha mãe é brasileira) e Ashkenazi por parte de pai(meu pai é nascido na Alemanha mas veio pro Brasil depois de casar com a minha mãe)
the background, the tempo of the song reminde me to the "traditional" uruguayan music, like in "gallo azul"
Incredible work 🔥
Sensacional. Músicas sefaraditas são incríveis, não perco uma.
Estou despertando meu lado Ladino ❤
Quien diria que con estas maravillas que crea farya, empezaria a aprender mas idiomas y eres mi idolo
Fabulous in all aspects
A masterpiece again
Wake up Rostam, Farya Faraji just uploaded
It's sad to see that the Ladino culture and language are unheard of much and that it's not really around anymore. It was a blend of Ibero-Romance and Hebrew languages, along with a mix of cultural aspects that really added alot to the diverse range of peoples in Iberia at the time during the medieval ages. I'm currently learning Spanish and this is a really cool experience to listen to this type of culture and music.
The place with the most surviving Ladino culture, and, Ladino influence, is Israel. Present Israeli Hebrew culture has absorbed the Sefaradi-Ladino heritage as one of its important constituent components.
@@philliparieff7862 😎👍🏼
1a vez que escucho ésta "versión extendida" de ésta hermosa canción
Es preciosa y la letra ,que emociona tanto
Beautiful song,Love to you Farya ❤ and all our Jewish brothers from Juhuro(Mountain Jewish),I hope one day you will do our music too ❤
Muy interesantes mis ancestros
Another beautiful song from the most handsome man right before heading to sleep, life is good.
Iam a Sephardic from Monterrey Nuevo Leon this is a good song.
una de las mejor musicas Ladino me encanta
I love what you are doing with this channel, bringing to life what musical traditions sounded like in different cultures and time periods. weather it be epic battles like Nineveh 627, factions like the Varangians, or entire life stories like what you did with the Janissary. Thank you for taking so much time research and effort to show us such an overlooked and fascinating aspect of history.
¡Más canciones en ladino por favor!
GREAT WORK FARYA❤LADINO is a beautiful LANGUAGE❤MERCI🌼
I really love your work. It sounds always beautiful and, what i love the most, you discribe the historical backround. It´s so interestig to learn more about it, while you listening.
Doctor: Congratulations, Mr. Faraji! IT'S A MASTERPIECE!
I thought this song sounded familiar, I've seen it titled "Avraham Avinu" in other places.
I loved it! Hugs from Brazil!
Connecting to my ladino roots
A really cool recommendation I have - if you would be willing to tackle it, is music of the Griko/Greka communities of southern italy. This would be AMAZING if you could capture their culture and music as greatly and well as you do all other cultures!!! Thank you for hours of great music!!
I knew this song !!! I first listened to it through the Annwn.
خیلی قشنگ بود😍👌👏سلیقه و استعداد شما تو موسیقی های باستانی و فولکلور بینظیره👌
Beautiful song. I will download this jewell and cut the video for share it in my whatsapp status. Keep it up Farya.
Just when I thought you couldn't possibly hit more of my favourite ethnic sounds, you dish out a Sephardic track. Absolutely amazing, thank you for your indispensable work.
Your music is allways beautiful, thank you Farya Farji♥
.I've been wanting to recommend this group to you for a long time, and since now you are making Sephardic songs it's the best moment. The group is called Sephardica
you will find them on youtube if you type Emilio Villalba (he's one of the members) they upload all their music on that channel and its the best rendition of medieval music I've seen, because they are very authentic , being andalusian they have a diferent way of approaching music and they research a lot. Their music is from the three cultures of medieval Iberia, Sephardic, Christian and from Al Andalus. And even some mozarab music (Hispanoromans living under Muslim occupation)and they use a great variety of authentic instruments, it's just great.
Emilio plays the oud and other stringed instruments like a pro, and Ángeles sings beautifully in a melismatic way. The saI'd they research music and folklore from both Spain and North Africa as well as the Sephardic music, and they also use their andalusian music background to fill the gaps, which it's the best way to do it since the contemporary andalusian music is the result of mixing all those musical traditions + Roma music.
And by what I learned whith you I think it's a good decision because they sound very mediterranean, as they should.
So yeah, please listen to their songs, which are most of the times renditions of real music, it's very inspiring
Don't know if someone has mentioned this yet, but the song is based on a part from the Book of Yasher (Jasher), where it says that Avram (before being called Avraham), was born during Nimrod's time. The story of his youth and marriage to Sarah are there as well.
Yup, Regardless of the opinion of authenticity, the book of Yasher is an amazing read. There is also another jewish text called the apocalypse of Abraham it differs slightly but provides similar accounts of the story of Abraham with Nimrod. reading the sons of Jacob leaping over walls and conquering the 7 amorite cities by themselves is always so fun to me, its very absurd the detail is goes into, It feel like something straight out of an anime fight scene. we don't have this account in Genesis but we do have a mention of these battles in the book of Jubilees and the testament of Judah, There are a bunch of other sources from midrashes To Josephus which mentioned of events that are recorded in this book.
@@herbseinburg449 I agree. I haven't read the whole book but am fascinated about the details of Abraham's birth and life etc. That sounds interesting, haven't heard of the Apocalyse of Abraham. Will have to look into that, thanks for sharing.
No way, this is my favorite sephardic song and with a bağlama?! , dude this is a dream come true, EDIT; realised the Baglama is for decoration purposes in the video, but still an amazing rendition nonetheless 👍
I first heard this song in an album called echoes of qiyan by qiyan krets and its one of my faves from this region and culture but now I can't stop listening to your rendition; im so glad for the youtube algorithm for recommending your channel! ive been showing your videos to all my artist and writer friends who are always looking for music to create to. thank you for showing us your art 🙌
It is is fitting that a son of the first culture to craft monotheism should remind of us of our long lost preeminence. And a fellow North American, no less. You humble me, Farya; my own people would not be who we are today without the likes’ of you to remind us. Thank you, o master of music.
Farya, you are the Borbad of today.
Greetings from part of Greater Iran from Tajikistan
I was listening to this song by chance and then that day like a week ago Farya did this masterful rendition! This dude is the OG!!
Just another great performance. It is absolutely amazing, how you adapt your voice to every music style. For me this slightly hoarse voice is so typical for Spanish traditional songs, let it be Sephardic here.
Ooooh! The Jewish choir in my hometown sang this!
You are very good at getting used to the image of the songs. When I listen to your songs, everything is painted with bright colors. Now you also got into the character and color of this song. You are a very good artist! And you have very beautiful eyes and an expressive look.
Great rendition of the song. And, nice lavta (politiko laouto) ;)
Man it's 2:40 am here in Iran. Best music to sleep
El ladino es bien exótico para mi, que bello suena
Very impressive and beautiful! Is there a tongue you can't speak, a song you cannot sing, a story you will not tell? You make history and the voices of peoples long since passed come alive. And that with the commanding presence that are reminiscent of Sargon of Akkad. You must have many old souls breathing in your chest, crying out to be heard.
You have a soothing voice and the music is a treat for the ears.
Thanks Farya.
Me encanta
I love this song.
Found your channel a few months back from one of your Serbian covers, from then on I enjoyed every song I heard from you, keep up the great work and greetings from Serbia
BRAVO BRAVO!
That's a good looking lavta, and I really like your fret arrangement.
this IMMENSLY reminds me of KOL DODI, EVEN THE RHYTHM??? whtfff crazy.
Espectacular👌🏼 🎉
The pronunciation is excellent
I really love your music! You keep making absolute banger songs.
I have a request, if you take those. Can you make another song about the Danish king Harald Bluetooth? The one who united the Danish realm into the Danish kingdom.
muy buena cancion, eres un gran artista farya :). Puedes subir tus canciones a spotify?
YOu did a very good, job on this and love the oud playing, you rocked out very loud, old-school style!