Duérmete, mi niño
Duérmete, mi niño Lyrics. A sweet Spanish lullaby sung in Spain and Latin America to help children fall asleep. Its simple, repetitive melody makes it one of the easiest to learn. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords for guitar and piano.
Lyrics & chords
The original Spanish words, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
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Traditional verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
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What “Duérmete, mi niño” Means
The best-known lullaby of the Spanish-speaking world — a pure, unguarded declaration of love from a mother to her child. There is no story and no lesson, only tenderness repeated like a heartbeat: my child, my love, little piece of my heart. Its simplicity is the point; sung softly and over and over, the words themselves become the rocking.
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- A traditional song. It comes from oral tradition and has no single known author. We credit the tradition and its country.
- 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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