Crimean Tatar Lullaby
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Crimean Tatar Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Crimean Tatar people, whose orchards, vineyards, and courtyard fountains form a cultural heritage carried by families across Ukraine today. In 1944, Soviet authorities forcibly deported the entire Crimean Tatar population to Central Asia in a mass expulsion known as the Surgun, and most families were only able to begin returning home to Crimea after the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. The courtyard fountains that remain part of Crimean Tatar architectural heritage echo the elegant style of the Khan’s Palace in Bakhchysarai, home to the famous Fountain of Tears. 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 “Crimean Tatar Lullaby” Means
The Crimean Tatars are a Turkic people whose orchards, vineyards, and courtyard fountains form a rich cultural heritage, carried on today by families across Ukraine. This original lullaby draws on those gentle garden and orchard images of Crimean Tatar life, offered as a respectful tribute.
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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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