Dungan Lullaby
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Dungan Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Dungan people of Kyrgyzstan, Chinese Muslims who settled in villages near Lake Issyk-Kul over a century ago. The Dungan are descendants of Hui Muslims who fled China following a failed rebellion in the late 19th century, and their language is a linguistic rarity: a form of Chinese written entirely in the Cyrillic alphabet rather than Chinese characters, the only Sinitic language in the world recorded that way. 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 “Dungan Lullaby” Means
The Dungan people of Kyrgyzstan, Chinese Muslims who fled China in the 1870s, settled in villages like Yrdyk near Lake Issyk-Kul, keeping their own distinct language, architecture, and cuisine, including the beloved cold noodle dish ashlyan-fu. This original lullaby draws on those village and culinary images of Dungan life in Kyrgyzstan.
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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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