Siwa Lullaby
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Siwa Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Siwa, a remote desert oasis in western Egypt and home to the Siwi Berber-speaking community. Siwa’s old town is built almost entirely from kershef, a local mix of salt and mud, and the crumbling fortress of Shali still rises at its center, while the Siwi people speak their own Berber language, quite different from the Arabic spoken across most of Egypt. 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 “Siwa Lullaby” Means
Siwa is a remote desert oasis in western Egypt, home to the Siwi people, who speak their own Berber language distinct from Arabic, amid palm groves, salt lakes, and the ancient mudbrick fortress of Shali. This original lullaby draws on those palm-grove and salt-lake images of Siwi heritage.
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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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