Pashto Lullaby
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Pashto Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Pashtun people of northwestern Pakistan, whose culture is built on hospitality, oral poetry, and pastoral life among some of the region’s highest mountains. Peshawar, the cultural heart of Pakistan’s Pashtun community, is considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in South Asia, sitting at a historic crossroads where the ancient Grand Trunk Road meets the Khyber Pass, one of the most famous mountain passes in the world, long used by traders, armies, and travelers moving between South and Central Asia. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Pashto Lullaby” Means
The Pashtun people of northwestern Pakistan and Afghanistan live among some of the region’s highest mountains, with a culture built on hospitality, oral poetry, and pastoral life. This original lullaby draws on those mountain and shepherd images central to Pashtun 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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