AVRE ESTE ABAJOUR
 OPEN YOUR DOOR

LADINO

 
 

Avre tu puerta cerrada,
qu´en tu balcòn luz no hay
el amor a ti te vela,
partemos Rosa, partemos de aqui.

Yo demandi por la tu hermozura,
como te la dio el Dio
la hermozura tuya es pura,
la meresco solo yo.

Open your closed door,
because there is no light on your balcony.
Love may protect you,
let us go, Rosa, let us go away from here.

I have prayed for your beauty,
which is given to you from God.
Your beauty is pure,
it´s reserved for me. 
   

Translator's note:
Ladino - Judeo-Espanòl or Spaniolish -
was spoken by Jews who lived in countries around the Mediterranean Sea -
Spain, Greece, Morocco, Turkey etc.
Avre Tu is a Sephardic love song which is also translated and well known in Turkey.
The beautiful dance choreographed by Roni Siman-Tov is well suited to the words and Spanish melody.

LYRICS Itzchak Levi
MUSIC Ladino  eg  from Rhodes or Turkey
SINGER Yehoram Gaon
CD Ladino Masterpieces Vol.2   Track 1
CD Parvarim: The First 30 Years  (30 Hashanim Harishonot)   Track 1
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER Roni Siman Tov 1983
DANCE FORMAT

Circle

DANCE VIDEO Dance demonstrated by Roni Siman Tov
 

Words sent in by Mirjam Zach of Berlin, Germany
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