Story
I first heard this song, performed in its original Shephardic tongue, by Judy Frankel and Jeff Warschauer. It gave me goosebumps - I thought the melody came straight from heaven! I decided to record it and make it the only "cover" on this lullaby cd, but when I read the English translation of the lyric, I found it sad and inappropriate for children since it's a song of longing and unrequited love between a slave and master. So I decided to write new words for it but I found that I could not find words to fit the poetic movement of the melody. When I went to bed that night, just before falling asleep, I "heard" the song, almost as you hear it now, in French. I rushed out of bed to record it. I'm grateful I did. This sweet version is about sleep and surrender.
