Chadian Arabic Lullaby
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Chadian Arabic Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Chad’s Arabic-speaking community, found across the country’s central and eastern regions. Chadian Arabic developed its own distinct character over centuries of contact with the many Sub-Saharan African languages spoken around it, setting it apart from Modern Standard Arabic and other regional dialects, and today it serves as a lingua franca across much of Chad, understood far beyond the country’s ethnic Arab population alone. 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 “Chadian Arabic Lullaby” Means
Chad’s Arabic-speaking community is found across the country’s central and eastern regions, with a heritage of camel herding and desert trade routes. This original lullaby draws on those desert and pastoral images of Chadian Arab life.
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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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