CAPITAN DE GUERRA
(La guerra de los Balkanes) (Salonica)
– Capitán de guerra
d’ande vienes tú?
– D’arriba los Balkanes,
de campos de guerra.
– Ah, si tú verías
un hijo, soldat,
soldado era bruno,
su nombre era Yudá.
– Chica blanca y hermosa,
ya lo vide yo:
en campos de la guerra
entre mis brazos murió.
– Captain from the war
Where do you come from?
– From the Balkans,
from the fields of war.
– Ah, did you see there
a son, soldier,
a soldier he was dark haired
his name was Yuda.
– White and beautiful girl,
I have seen him
on the fields of war
he died in my arms.
From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000
Composed during the Balkan War of 1912-1913. The theme develops around the pain a wife that looses her husband, or possibly a mother who looses her son, his name Yehuda sung in Hebrew.
This version sung by Dora Haim-Gallagues, from Saloniki.
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