Testour Lullaby
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Testour Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Andalusian-Tunisian community of Testour, founded by Moriscos who carried their music and architecture across the Mediterranean. Testour’s main mosque is famous for a clock face with its numbers running backward, a detail some say symbolizes the community’s longing for a homeland left behind, after Moriscos were expelled from Spain in the early 17th century and resettled here, rebuilding their lives, architecture, and music from memory in a new land. 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 “Testour Lullaby” Means
“Yemma” is a familiar Tunisian Arabic word for mother, still heard in Testour, a town founded by Andalusian Moriscos who carried their music and architecture across the Mediterranean in the 17th century. This original lullaby draws on those Andalusian-heritage and musical images of Testour’s community, with “yemma” 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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