Kiki, Kiki, Nejun
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Kiki, Kiki, Nejun Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Marshall Islands' Marshallese-language cradle-song tradition, from a nation of coral atolls once guided by ancient stick-chart navigation. 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 “Kiki, Kiki, Nejun” Means
The Marshall Islands are a nation of coral atolls in the central Pacific, where navigators once used intricate stick charts, woven from palm ribs and shells, to map ocean swells and find their way between islands without instruments. This original lullaby, in Marshallese, borrows that same ocean wayfinding tradition.
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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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