Nina Nana Tra le Dolomiti
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Nina Nana Tra le Dolomiti Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Trentino-Alto Adige’s bilingual Italian and German cradle-song traditions, set among the Dolomite peaks. Trentino-Alto Adige’s bilingual character dates back to the region’s annexation from Austria-Hungary after the First World War, and a special autonomy statute today protects both Italian and German language rights side by side, in a landscape crowned by the Dolomites, themselves a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2009. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Nina Nana Tra le Dolomiti” Means
Trentino-Alto Adige is Italy’s most bilingual region, where Italian ‘nina nana’ and German ‘Schlaf, Kindlein’ cradle-song traditions have long lived side by side. This original arrangement blends a touch of both worlds — using ‘chindle’, a South Tyrolean dialect word for little child — set against the towering, still peaks of the Dolomites.
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- An original lullaby by Relax In No Time, inspired by the musical traditions of its region. The words, melody, arrangement and recording are ours.
- Recording and arrangement: real instruments played by hand, no AI music, by Relax In No Time.
- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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