Doha, Ya Doha
Key: Am~56 BPMGuitar & Piano chords
A traditional lullaby from the Hijaz region of western Saudi Arabia, built like a chain of small wishes — one gift leading to another — until the story ends, gently, with the birth of a new baby.
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Verse 1
Am Dm Am
Doha, ya doha,
Dm Am E7
doha, ya doha.
(Doha, ya doha – the traditional refrain that opens and links each verse of this chain-story lullaby.)
Am Dm Am
Doha, ya doha, the story starts to grow,
Dm Am E7
from a father’s gift of cake, on and on we go.
Verse 2
Am Dm Am
Through a carpenter’s hands and a bride’s happy day,
Dm Am E7
till a new little baby is born, they say.
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
Guitar
Piano
Dm
Guitar
Piano
E7
Guitar
Piano
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What this song means
Doha, Ya Doha is a traditional lullaby from the Hijazi folklore of western Saudi Arabia — the region around Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. Like many chain-story lullabies, it links one small image to the next, one gift or wish leading gently to another, until the tale arrives at its warm ending: a new child, welcomed into the family.
Traditional Hijazi (western Saudi Arabian) lullaby. The English lyrics are a singable adaptation built around the song’s real, documented chain-story structure.
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- 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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