Fergana Uzbek Lullaby
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Fergana Uzbek Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Uzbek community of Kyrgyzstan’s Fergana Valley, home to a centuries-old tradition of ikat silk weaving. Ikat weaving is an extraordinarily labor-intensive craft, with threads carefully tie-dyed in precise patterns before they’re ever placed on the loom, so the design only fully emerges once weaving begins, and the Fergana Valley city of Margilan remains one of the craft’s most famous centers, where silk has been produced along Silk Road trade routes for centuries. 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 “Fergana Uzbek Lullaby” Means
“Onajon” is a warm Uzbek word for “dear mother.” The Uzbek community of Kyrgyzstan’s Fergana Valley, especially around Osh, carries a centuries-old tradition of ikat silk weaving, tying and dyeing threads by hand before they are woven into vivid khan atlas fabric. This original lullaby draws on those weaving and valley images of Uzbek life in Kyrgyzstan, with “onajon” used as a warm address rather than a literal translation.
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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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