yet another poetry break

[asthran]

Maybe a year or so ago, I was poking around in Disc-Go-Round, in their ethnic music section.

I found a CD of medieval sephardic songs, and read through it, thinking it might be a good gift for my mom.

I ended up not getting it, because I thought the music sounded not-so-good, but one of the songs stuck with me.

I wrote down what I could remember, so I wouldn't forget, and a few weeks later I went back to reread the lyrics.

I'd gotten a fair amount of the remembering wrong, but I decided I liked how I remembered it better than the original translation.


I fell in love with a glance
  Oh my lovely one
I fell in love with a glance
By moonlight

If it had not been night
  Oh my lovely one
If it had not been night
I would not have been fooled

If I ever fall in love again
  Oh my lovely one
If I ever fall in love again
May the sun be shining

Comments

[unknownpoet78.livejournal.com]

Very pretty... I don't suppose you remember the name of the cd or anything? My Mom loves sephardic music... (and I think medieval on top of that would be interesting...)

[asthran.livejournal.com]

I can't really be sure, but a search on Amazon for 'medieval sephardic' came up with (among others) the CD Far Away Lands (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000030P8/qid=1104890614/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-2181131-5329441?v=glance&s=classical), and the cover seems to be about right.

[unknownpoet78.livejournal.com]

cool thanks!

[socraticlaughtr.livejournal.com]

What reminded you of this now?