Occitan Lullaby
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Occitan Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Occitanie, France’s lavender-scented southern region and home to the Occitan language. Occitan was once the language of the troubadours, medieval poet-musicians whose songs of courtly love spread across Europe, and it’s still sometimes called langue d’oc, distinguishing it from the langue d’oil that became modern French. 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 “Occitan Lullaby” Means
Maire is the Occitan word for mother, part of the Occitan language once spoken across the south of France, a region famous for its lavender fields, cicada song, and olive groves. This original lullaby draws on those lavender-field and olive-grove images of Occitan heritage.
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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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