Yaghnobi Lullaby
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Yaghnobi Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Yaghnobi people of Tajikistan’s remote Yaghnob Valley, direct descendants of the ancient Sogdians. Yaghnobi is the only living direct descendant of Sogdian, once the great trading language of the Silk Road, and in the 1970s Soviet authorities forcibly relocated much of the community out of their valley, though some families later made their way back home, keeping this rare and ancient language alive against real odds. 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 “Yaghnobi Lullaby” Means
The Yaghnobi people of Tajikistan’s remote Yaghnob Valley are direct descendants of the ancient Sogdians, and their language is the last living descendant of Sogdian, once spoken along the Silk Road. Their small mountain community still farms barley and wheat much as it has for centuries. This original lullaby draws on those ancient and mountain-farming images of Yaghnobi life.
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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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