Pink Martini & Ari Shapiro - Ocho kandelikas | Live from Portland - 2015

From the December 2015 recording sessions for the syndicated NPR holiday special "Joy to the World: A Holiday Spectacular" at OPB Studios in Portland, Pink Martini performs "Ocho kandelikas" ("Eight little candles"), a counting song for Hanukkah. Featuring Pink Martini's lead vocalist China Forbes, co-lead vocalist Storm Large, regular guest vocalist NPR's Ari Shapiro, and Cantor Ida Rae Cahana, "Ocho kandelikas" is an upbeat gem from the band's seminal holiday album "Joy to the World." The song was written by Flory Jagoda in the rarely heard language of Ladino, a Judeo-Spanish language mixing elements of Old Spanish, Hebrew, Turkish, and other languages common to the Iberian Peninsula in the 16th century.
LYRICS:

Hanukah linda sta aki
Ocho kandelas para mi
Hanukah linda sta aki
Ocho kandelas para mi

Ouna kandelika, dos kandelikas
Tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas
Sintyu kandelikas, sej kandelikas
Siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi

Muchas fiestas vo fazer
Kon alegria i plazer
Muchas fiestas vo fazer
Kon alegria i plazer

Los pastelikos vo kumer
Kon almendrikas i la myel
Los pastelikos vo kumer
Kon almendrikas i la myel, O

Ouna kandelika, dos kandelikas
Tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas
Sintyu kandelikas, sej kandelikas
Siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Beautiful Hanukkah is here
Eight candles for me
Beautiful Hanukkah is here
Eight candles for me, oh

One little candle, two little candles
Three little candles, four little candles
Five little candles, six little candles
Seven little candles, eight candles for me

There will be a lot of parties
With joy and happiness
There will be a lot of parties
With joy and happiness

We're going to eat little pastries
With small almonds and honey
We're going to eat little pastries
With small almonds and honey, oh

One little candle, two little candles
Three little candles, four little candles
Five little candles, six little candles
Seven little candles, eight candles for me
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