San Lullaby
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San Lullaby Lyrics. An original composition offered as a gentle tribute to the San people of the Kalahari Desert, among the oldest Indigenous communities in southern Africa. Their language is built on distinctive click consonants found in few others on Earth, and their rock paintings across the Kalahari are thought to be among the oldest continuous artistic traditions in human history. 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 “San Lullaby” Means
The San are among the oldest Indigenous communities in southern Africa, with communities living across the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. This page is an original composition — a gentle, respectful tribute inspired by the wide desert skies of the Kalahari, not a translation of any traditional or sacred San song.
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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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