Lyrics
(Folk song from Senegal)
Aayaa yimbéy, Aayaa yimbéy,
Aayaa yóo Sàmba Wore doom yimbéy!
(repeat)
Kaala ak kurus, satala ak borom,
Yaay bóoy bañuma ko dama koo ragal
(repeat)
English Translation
Aayaa yimbéy, Aayaa yimbéy,
Aayaa yóo Sàmba Wore, my son!
(repeat)
With his turban* and his string of beads* and kettle*
I don’t hate him
(repeat)
*items used for Muslim prayer
(source)
See also
- Country: Senegal
- Subject: Islam
- Type: lullaby
- Harmony: chords i, iv, v
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: anacrusis
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: l,t,drm
- Source: Songs from the Baobab: African Lullabies & Nursery Rhymes, Chantal Grosléziat, The Secret Mountain, 2011
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
