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La komida la manyana
La tarde le traigo atras
Ke lo sepa la mi madre
Ke yo kero t'espozar.
Una ora en la ventana
La otra en el balcón.
La querida la mi madre
Entiende que tengo amor.
No se burle la mi madre
No se burle del amor
Elya kuando era moza
Hizo amor kon mi sinyor
Yo lo hize la mi hija
Yo lo hize kun l'amor.
No son komo loz de agora
Ke deshan kun la dolor.
LA KOMIDA LA MANYANA
The morning meal
I'm late bringing it to you
For my mother knows
I want to marry you
An hour by the window
Another hour on the balcony.
My dearest mother
Knows that I'm in love.
Don't make fun, mother,
Don't make fun of love;
When you were a girl
You made love with my father!
Yes I did my daughter,
But I did it with love.
I am not like young women of today
Who are left in sorrow.
With thanks to San Diego Mesa College Guitar II for
Musescore version of La Komida
with 7/8 time signature.
Ventanas -
WFMU (curators) recorded live at the
GOLDEN FESTIVAL on January 12th 2012.
Audio from Free Music Archive
Creative Commons license to share.
Tamar Ilana -
Mark Marczyk -
Dennis Duffin -
Demetrios Petsalakis -
Jaash Singh -
Tamar Ilana: “Sephardic music is the music of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492. They went to places in the Balkans, Turkey, Greece and the Maghreb. They brought their language with them which is a form of old Spanish that’s also known as Ladino or Judeo-
She continues, “The language incorporated different words from the different areas they arrived in after they were expelled from Spain but it’s even understandable if you can speak modern Spanish. They also incorporated local rhythms like 9‘s in the Balkans, 7‘s in Greece and 6/8 wedding rhythms in Morocco.”(wizzley.com)
Tamar Ilana is the daughter of Judith Cohen and they have performed and recorded albums together. Wysinfo Project recording of La Komida has both mother and daughter performing together, very appropriate since the song is about a mother and daughter arguing over who the daughter can date. Mother is keeping a close eye on her daughter who is taking breakfast every morning to a gentleman lodger.
When mother tries to step in, her daughter has a true girl power reply!
This song has been described as “adapted from a popular Black Sea tune in 7/8
(2-
With thanks to Tamar for kind approval of this page and video!