EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
1. ||: BEAUTIFUL CHANUKAH ARRIVE, EIGHT CANDLES FOR ME. :||
Refrain: O-H! (hold "Oh", then sway as indicated and swing shoulders) (<) LIGHT ONE CANDLE, (>) LIGHT TWO CANDLES, (<) LIGHT THREE CANDLES, (>) LIGHT FOUR CANDLES, (<) LIGHT FIVE CANDLES, (>) LIGHT SIX CANDLES, (<) LIGHT SEVEN CADLES,... (>) LIGHT EIGHT CANDLES FOR ME.
2. ||: LOOK-FORWARD MANY PARTY, WILL HAVE JOY, WILL HAVE PLEASURE. :|| Refrain
3. ||: WE WILL alt.EAT DESSERT WITH NUTS AND HONEY DELICIOUS. :|| Refrain
Notes: The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.
CHANUKAH - (2h)[4], POs away (some use POs >) signer, FOs up, index fingers touch and then separate while sweeping up in an arc, like the arms of a candelabra.
CANDLES - The sign CANDLE sweeps both hands from NDS to DS.
ME - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
JOY - (1) alt.HAPPY. (2) EXCITED. (3) J-EXCITED.
PLEASURE - ENJOY.
Lyrics:
1. ||: Chanukah linda sta aki, ocho kandelas para mi. :||
Refrain: O --- Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas, sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi.
2. ||: Muchas fiestas vo fazer, kon alegriyas y plazer. :|| Refrain
3. Los pastelikos vo kumer, kon almendrikas y la myel. :|| Refrain
1. ||: Beautiful Chanukah is here, eight candles for me. :||
Refrain: One candle, two candles, three candles, four candles, five candles, six candles, seven candles, eight candles for me.
2. ||: Many parties will be held, with joy and with pleasure. :|| Refrain
3. We will eat pastelikos [a Sephardic delicacy] with almonds and honey. :|| Refrain
To hear a lively! performance of this song, go to Ocho Kandelikas. A Hanukkah song in the Ladino language from Kenny Ellis. Ladino is a Sephardic language with roots in Spanish and Hebrew.