Tigrinya Lullaby (Eritrea)
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Tigrinya Lullaby (Eritrea) Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Eritrean highlands, where the coffee ceremony is a daily ritual of hospitality and family gathering. A full coffee ceremony unfolds in three rounds, called abol, tona, and baraka, with the beans roasted fresh over a flame each time and incense burning alongside, a ritual that can take a few hours from start to finish and is considered a mark of deep hospitality. 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 “Tigrinya Lullaby (Eritrea)” Means
“Adey” is a warm Tigrinya word for mom. In the Eritrean highlands, the coffee ceremony, roasting and brewing beans over an open flame with incense, is a daily ritual of hospitality and family gathering. This original lullaby draws on those coffee-ceremony and highland images of Tigrinya life, with “adey” 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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