Nov 27, 2007
An Yemenite Jewish dance troupe
A video performance from an Yemenite Jewish dance troupe. A colorful display of Jewish cultural variety. May be you can get them to perform at your Jewish wedding. That would be an incredible wedding shtick.
Yemeni Jews singing and dancing: A performance of the Yemenite Troupe.
Here is a "simple" translation of the Yemeni Dialect part--I need help with the Hebrew part (some words are translated based on the way the performers pronounce them, which is in some parts "questionable").
Note: the words in parentheses are added for clarification:
Down (the hill or mountain) I went
To the stream
To water my horse--
My foot slipped
And I fell into the water.
I went to propose (engagement)
But they rejected me,
(and) my "qat" (a stimulant)
And the "mada3ah" (water-pipe)
Although I'm the son of a Chief
The son of a Jew.
I went to propose
Carrying my qat and the mada3ah
But the bad guys
Made a fool of me.
Sweet heart and the apple of my eye
Tell those who made you
Think bad of me:
Who of you would entertain me?
From the early dawn
She got angry with me
And went cry--
Got angry--oh darkness (of the night)
Out of sight is my beloved.
For a year and two months,
Never returned.
Alas people
She left
And deserted me.
To whom shall I complain,
And would understand me?
Before whom shall I cry,
And would pity me?
And who of you
Would entertain me.
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