Mapuche Lullaby
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Mapuche Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Mapuche people of Patagonia, southern Argentina, whose culture is deeply tied to the region’s forests, lakes, and mountains. Mapuche means ‘people of the land,’ a name the community earned in part through centuries of successful resistance, first against Inca expansion and later against Spanish colonization, in a conflict known as the Arauco War that stretched on for roughly 300 years, making the Mapuche one of the very few Indigenous peoples in the Americas never fully conquered by Spain. 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 “Mapuche Lullaby” Means
The Mapuche people of Patagonia, in southern Argentina and Chile, maintain a deep spiritual connection to the region’s ancient araucaria (monkey puzzle) forests, lakes, and mountains. This original lullaby draws on those natural images central to Mapuche tradition.
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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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