Words and music by Flory Jagoda
We performed this song frequently in concerts with Flory, and it’s on her “Arvoliko” CD. Flory always encouraged the audience to join in on songs with singable choruses, such as “Ke ripozemos en Shabat” (we rest on the Sabbath) in this song, and she urged them to sing loudly and joyously. While we are not quite sure when this song was composed, we think it was one that we helped her bring to life in the early 2000s; it’s likely that the scale in 6ths that ends each verse was something that came to us in rehearsal when we first practiced the song with Flory.
Listen to Flory sing La Kreasyon
Susan, vocals, guitar; Howard, guitar; Tina, bass viol
Shane Shanahan, shaker
LYRICS + TRANSLATIONS
| El Diyo disho ke bueno era | God said how good it would be |
| Mundo ke uvyera | To make a world |
| El kriyo syelos i tyera | He created the sky and the earth |
| Disho a la luz ke fuera | He said, “Let there be light,” |
| Ke ripozemos en Shabat 3x | We should rest on the Sabbath. |
| En Shabat | |
| Vengan laz aguas de toda parte | Let the waters be divided |
| Fuego kun agua ke se amate | Fire should be extinguished by water, |
| Disho el Diyo Rey komandante | Said God, King and Commander, |
| Ke ripozemos en Shabat 3x | We should rest on the Sabbath. |
| En Shabat | |
| El Diyo disho luvyas ke uvyera | God said, “Let there be rain,” |
| I El laz bendizyera | And He will bless them; |
| La mar di peshe se inchera | The sea should be filled with fish, |
| Aves bolan por la tyera | Animals should roam the earth. |
| Ke ripozemos en Shabat 3x | We should rest on the Sabbath. |
