Mirandese Lullaby
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Mirandese Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Mirandese-speaking community of Portugal’s remote Miranda do Douro plateau, home to an officially recognized minority language. Mirandese has been Portugal’s only officially recognized second language since 1999, and linguistically it’s actually closer to Asturian and Leonese, spoken across the border in Spain, than to Portuguese itself, a distinction preserved in part by the plateau’s historic isolation. 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 “Mirandese Lullaby” Means
“Mai” means mother in Mirandese, an officially recognized minority language of Portugal’s remote Miranda do Douro plateau, distinct from Portuguese itself. The region is known for the pauliteiros, stick dancers who perform in the highland villages. This original lullaby draws on those highland and stick-dance images of Mirandese life, with “mai” used as a warm address rather than a literal translation.
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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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