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Jordanian Lullaby

Key: C~56 BPMGuitar & Piano chords

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A gentle Bedouin-inspired lullaby from Jordan, carrying the hush of the desert at night — still air, watching stars, and the rose-red hills that have sheltered travellers for thousands of years. The ‘rose-red hills’ evoke Petra, the ancient Nabataean city carved directly into sandstone cliffs more than two thousand years ago, once described by a 19th-century poet as ‘a rose-red city half as old as time,’ a phrase that has stuck ever since as the most famous description of Jordan’s desert landscape.

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Verse 1

C         F      C
Sleep now, little one, the desert wind is still,
F         C      G7
the stars have come to watch you from the rose-red hill.

Verse 2

C         F      C
Sleep now, little one, the camels rest tonight,
F         C      G7
tomorrow’s sun will rise again, but for now, sleep tight.
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Chords — guitar & piano

C
x
Guitar
CEG
Piano
F
Guitar
CFA
Piano
G7
Guitar
DFGB
Piano
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What this song means

Jordan’s musical heritage grew from its Bedouin and desert traditions, where songs were carried by voice alone across the quiet of the night. This lullaby draws on that same stillness — the hush of the desert, the watching stars, and the ancient rose-red hills of Petra — as a gentle backdrop for a child drifting off to sleep.

Traditional Jordanian Bedouin-inspired lullaby style. The English lyrics are an original singable arrangement offered as a respectful tribute to the region’s desert imagery and oral tradition.

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  • Words and melody: see the credits in the text of this page. Older songs are traditional or in the public domain; songs by known authors keep their authors' credit.
  • 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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