Szekely Lullaby
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Szekely Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Szekely people of historic Transylvania, long known as guardians of Hungary’s eastern borderlands. In medieval times, the Szekely were granted special privileges and a degree of self-governance in exchange for their duty defending the kingdom’s eastern frontier, and the community also preserved its own runic-like writing system, the Szekely-Hungarian script, used for centuries alongside the standard Latin alphabet. 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 “Szekely Lullaby” Means
“Edesanyam” means “my dear mother” in Hungarian, a warm word still used by the Szekely people of historic Transylvania. Long known as guardians of Hungary’s eastern mountain borderlands, Szekely villages are famous for their carved wooden gates and memorial posts. This original lullaby draws on those carved-gate and mountain-border images of Szekely life, with “edesanyam” 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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