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48. Hidden God
… 1. O Light behind the screen, Tambiranĕ! You created earth by saying “It is very good.” (x2) For humankind and … Please do the same for us, Your children, now. (x2) This song of gratitude for God’s protection of the Jews draws on … discussions of the creation of seven heavens and seven earths. … 52 … 7 … 44314 … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical …
48. Hidden God
… 1. O Light behind the screen, Tambiranĕ! You created earth by saying “It is very good.” (x2) For humankind and … Please do the same for us, Your children, now. (x2) This song of gratitude for God’s protection of the Jews draws on … discussions of the creation of seven heavens and seven earths. … 52 … 7 … 44311 … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical …
46. Baby Moshe Taken from the Water
… (x2) He had the greatest power of anyone born on the earth— (x2) 8. Even more strength than the men who dwelled … (Ginzberg 1969, 2:271–272). Two other Malayalam Jewish songs expounding in greater detail on midrash about Moshe’s … and analyzed by Gamliel (2009, 190–195). The text of this song is found in nine notebooks from Kochi and Ernakulam. …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… To receive the father, waiting in a line! The bullock cart was sent—was sent there as a sign. Yoseph is alive and … bless us, God, we pray! This lively and engaging narrative song about Joseph is a composite of oral and written … found for the archive. The only other available version of part I (stanzas 1–3) is a fragment sung for me the same year …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… Lord God, the only One, reign forever and be blessed. The Song of Mother Sarah is found in women’s notebooks from … reference to the potential sacrifice of Isaac in the first part of the song and then the actual sacrifice of the goat at … times. The Jewish women’s perspective is particularly evident in this song. Their intimate concern for …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… pāṭṭukaḷ pāttil, stutipěṭṭa pāṭṭu itŏnnu 1. Of the ten songs sung by Shelomo Melehu, [1] this is most worthy of … of knowledge—in honor he mounted and sat. In all four quarters of God’s creation, his famous name was spread. 10. … It was performed and recorded with a single melody as part of the 1981 kalippattu dance performance by …
39-40. Golden Manangĕ + My Dear Mamuchi
… Mannavuṃ ěnikkillapol pŏn maņaṅṅě 1. Manangĕ, O my heart, O lovely dear one, My eyes, my gold, my honey, and my … reason, like a lout, O Cohen-hey. 3. O my dear, O my heart, gold Manangĕ, Have you caught a fever? Oh, can’t you … 8. The singing of Chadayan stirred up my heart, But Cohen’s song has melted my life. O handsome Cohen, O my golden …
37. Gorgeous Black-Haired Woman
… (x2) 1. O thou gorgeous black-haired woman, entering my heart, Stay here with me. (x2) All through the night till … translate the Hebrew word. He praised the composer of the song for “translating culturally” by “maintain[ing] … in its Malayalam translation, performed during wedding parties with amusement at the romantic innuendos. This song …
36. O Woman Dwelling in the Field
… and the exiled Jewish people, it is performed as a wedding song in widespread Sephardic communities. In Kerala it might … for any festive occasion but was especially popular for parties associated with weddings, where its romantic … who held out a hand to his wife at the conclusion of one party and sang suggestively in Malayalam, “Come back to the …
34. Golden Palanquin
… They leave in a golden palanquin. One of the “play songs” performed in a circle dance by women from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi, this song is found in only three notebooks, all from their community. In the lively rendition recorded as part of a 1981 Hanukkah performance in Moshav Taoz, the pace …