Hakka Lullaby (Hong Kong)
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Hakka Lullaby (Hong Kong) Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Hakka people of Hong Kong’s New Territories, who built fortified walled villages for protection. The name Hakka itself means “guest families,” reflecting centuries of migration south from northern China, and their walled villages, called wai, were built with a single guarded entrance and corner watchtowers, designed to protect the whole community within one defensible compound. 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 “Hakka Lullaby (Hong Kong)” Means
The Hakka people of Hong Kong’s New Territories built fortified walled villages for protection, keeping their own distinct language and rice-farming traditions alive for centuries. This original lullaby draws on those walled-village and paddy-field images of Hakka life.
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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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