Indo-Fijian Lullaby
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Indo-Fijian Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Indo-Fijians, descendants of Indian laborers brought to work Fiji’s sugarcane plantations in the late 1800s. Indentured laborers who came to Fiji called their contracts girmit, a local pronunciation of the English word agreement, under a system that operated from 1879 to 1916, and over generations their descendants developed Fiji Hindi, a distinct dialect blending various regional Indian languages together in a new setting. 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 “Indo-Fijian Lullaby” Means
Indo-Fijians descend from Indian laborers brought to work Fiji’s sugarcane plantations in the late 1800s, and today celebrate Diwali as one of the island’s major festivals. This original lullaby draws on those sugarcane-field and festival-light images of Indo-Fijian 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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