Pamiri Lullaby
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Pamiri Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Pamiri people of Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan region, high in the Pamir mountains. Most Pamiris follow Ismaili Islam, a branch distinct from the Sunni Islam practiced by most of the rest of Tajikistan, and the traditional Pamiri house, called a chid, is built around a symbolic five-pillar design and a stepped skylight, its layout rooted in ideas that predate Islam, reaching back to the region’s ancient Zoroastrian influences. 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 “Pamiri Lullaby” Means
“Nan” is a word for mother in Shughni, one of the Pamiri languages spoken in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan region. Pamiri women wear embroidered caps whose patterns and shapes identify their home village, a tradition passed from mother to daughter in these remote high mountain valleys. This original lullaby draws on those mountain and embroidery images of Pamiri life, with “nan” 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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