Mauritian Creole Lullaby
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Mauritian Creole Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Mauritian Creole community, keepers of sega, a music and dance tradition born among enslaved Africans on the island. Sega is traditionally danced barefoot on the sand, a detail some link to its origins among enslaved communities for whom bare feet on free ground carried real meaning, and its rhythm is built around the ravanne, a large goatskin frame drum, and the maravanne, a rattling seed-filled shaker — UNESCO recognized the tradition in 2014. 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 “Mauritian Creole Lullaby” Means
The Mauritian Creole community keeps alive sega, a music and dance tradition born among enslaved Africans on the island, played on the ravanne goatskin drum along the shore. This original lullaby draws on those drum and coastal-dance images of Mauritian Creole 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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