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Sinilluarit, Meeqqara
Key: A minor~58 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsOriginal · Greenland
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Sinilluarit, Meeqqara Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Greenland's Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) cradle-song tradition, from the world's largest island, home to towering icebergs and the aurora borealis. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
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Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
Am E Am
Sinilluarit, sinilluarit, meeqqara,
Dm E Am
sermersuaq eqqaani sinippoq.
C G
Aurora borealis qaammarpoq qilaani,
Dm E Am
sinilluarit, sinilluarit, asasara.
In English
What the words mean
“Sleep well, sleep well, my child, the great ice sheet sleeps nearby. The northern lights glow in the sky, sleep well, sleep well, my beloved.”
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
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Piano
Dm
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Piano
E
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Piano
C
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Piano
G
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What “Sinilluarit, Meeqqara” Means
Greenland is the world’s largest island, most of it covered by a vast ice sheet, and its long Arctic winters are lit by the aurora borealis, the northern lights. This original lullaby, in Kalaallisut (Greenlandic), borrows both, the sleeping ice and the glowing sky.
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