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Music by Yoni Avi Battat / Lyrics by Yoni Avi Battat, Leah Carnow, and Sivan Battat
Concept by Yoni Avi Battat, Sivan Battat, Annabel Rabiyah, and Daniele Goldberg
Featuring Jamal Sinno (qanun)
As an avid home cook, I’m always trying to recreate the dishes that I remember my loved ones cooking for me. I particularly remember my grandmother, Violet who prepared delicious ba`ba` and kubeh, the latter of which has been particularly elusive and difficult for me to make. She used to call me ’bdalak, a term of endearment particular to Iraqi Jews.
The song begins with the voices of community members who submitted their food memories to be included in this project. They include George Aronson, Eitan Battat, Stacey Battat, Nadav David, Tim Day, Rachael Farber, Karen Lowe, Laura Mandel, Silvina Mizrahi, Annabel Rabiyah, and Allan Steinmetz.
lyrics
Our histories are torn like shards of mint, each piece perfumed with memory
Wafting imagination fills the cracks, with a rushing realness of your essence
Where do I start? How do I learn? You seem so far, and so I yearn
To burn my tongue on sauce just right, to feel you here in every bite.
Parsley and mint, lemon and beet, baharat and dates, it needs something sweet.
Your scribbled notes are guiding the way. If you were here, what would you say?
Shway, shway, ’bdalak (slowly, slowly, my dear)
Khith-ha ‘ala keifak, ‘omri (take it easy, my life)
Ḥiss al-‘ajin, ‘ayouni (feel the dough, my eyes)
Khaliya ‘ala idak, ḥabibi (trust your hands, my love)
The dough won’t hold, the feel’s not right. Is it too wet? Is it too dry?
It falls apart, I can’t explain — Without your hands, it’s not the same.
How will I know? By look? By touch? A recipe is not enough
To keep what’s left from fading away. If you were here, what would you say?
Shway, shway, ’bdalak (slowly, slowly, my dear)
Khith-ha ‘ala keifak, ‘omri (take it easy, my life)
Ḥiss al-‘ajin, ‘ayouni (feel the dough, my eyes)
Khaliya ‘ala idak, ḥabibi (trust your hands, my love)
credits
from Fragments,
released September 2, 2022
Yoni Avi Battat: lead vocal, violin, viola, oud
Jamal Sinno: qanun
Dr. Ann E. Lucas: nay
Fabio Pirozzolo: riq
Jesse Chevan: darbuka
James Heazlewood Dale: bass
Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer specializing in contemporary and traditional Jewish music from Eastern Europe
and the Middle East. He maintains an active performance schedule across the country, playing violin, viola, and oud in collaborative and interdisciplinary projects spanning a wide range of styles....more
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