BAEGU (SOLOMON ISLANDS): Sasi sasi o to aro aro O angi si nau boroi amu Ni ma oe e fasi korona Dolali dasa na, lao dai afuimae Afuta guau mauri, Afuta wela inomae Sasi sasi ae o angisi nau Boroi nima oe e fasi koro na Dolali dasa na, lao dai afuimae Afuta guau mauri, Afuta wela inomae ENGLISH INTERPRETATION Young brother, young brother you be quiet Although you are crying to me Your father has left us He has gone to the place of the dead Protect the head of the living, Protect the orphan child Young brother, young brother hey? Although you are crying to me Your father has left us He has gone to the place of the dead Protect the head of the living, protect the orphan child. At the core of Sweet Lullaby is the voice and melody of Afunakwa from the Solomon Islands who comes from the island of Malaita (Fataleka). Her singing was recorded in 1969 by ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp in an effort to archive the traditions of a fading culture. This interpretation and lyrics come a translation by her grandchildren. The song is said to be very old and hence the new generation does not understand every word. The song is about a young child crying because he does not see his father with the family. In response his elder sister sung this song to comfort as well as tell him the reality, with an appeal for their deceased father to protect this child in the land of the living (local ancient belief is that the dead care for loved ones they left behind). The old woman also said that the sample, if listened to carefully, used some words and sounds that were added to make it sound more melo. Expression of some words twice, as well pronounciation of most of the words are different from that of normal conversation. Eg. ‘O’ should be OE’, Angiangi should be angisi. This is very common with local traditional songs. Thanks to the people of the Solomon Islands for the lyrics, translation, and interpretation.
When i listen to this song i imagine night sky, big fireplace and people dancing in a circle holding each other hands in somekinda magical island, no hate, no jealousy, only love and caring. Material things come and go , true friendship lasts forever, respect nature and each other. Peace to you all :))
Thank you SO much for posting this. I heard the original version of this on Gaia Radio this morning (first time in 15 years,) and just had to find out the title and artist. After 4 hours of Googling, etc, I came upon this by chance. I LOVE this song still. It sends a chill down my spine still, all these years later.
I gotta thank my brother for allowing me to appreciate this type of music. Before I only listened to mainstream and would laugh at something like this, now it seems to be the other way around
I can't remember exactly how many times I have listened to this music. If I remember correctly, it was the year 1992 when I was a grad student at IIT-Bombay and one of my friends who happens to be a music lover was playing this music in his room and to say in a word I was simply "spellbound". It opened my eyes in the world of "music". Although its a sad music but I can't stop listening to this music and I feel like I want to live in this beautiful world forever.
The melody clears my mind, but the meaning makes my soul crying... " Little brother, little brother, stop crying, stop crying Though you are crying and crying, who else will carry you Who else will groom you, both of us are now orphans From the island of the dead, their spirit will continue to look after us Just like royalty, taken care of with all the wisdom of such a place..." (english translation)
Little brother, little brother, stop crying, stop crying Though you are crying and crying, who else will carry you Who else will groom you, both of us are now orphans From the island of the dead, their spirit will continue to look after us Just like royalty, taken care of with all the wisdom of such a place
I was looking for this song about some 17 years. I think I heard it in 1992 for the first time... An amazing song... Don't you think it's a wonderful and quite a mystic language, even if it seems to disapear... Greatings from Luxemburg
I was first exposed to this band while I was the tour bus driver for PIGFACE a band fronted by Martin Atkins. I would be driving down the road and really enjoying my work I finally got up enough courage to ask the folks in the front lounge what that great music was, been a fan since that day!!
I really Love this song....It kinda makes me sad when i listen to it tho because it makes me think of the bad side of our world and makes me want the good side and all the bad things dissapier....our world is very beautiful and magical...and it deserves to be that way forever.....I Love our world and dont want it to get worse...
Suddenly i feel at i want to life in nature, nt in town here is too much noice and stress abd all, i want to be free and want to life in middle of nature :) The song made me to feel that and the beatiful beatiful pics too thank you
little brother little brother stop crying stop crying though you are crying and crying who else will carry you who else will groom you both of us are now orphans little brother little brother our mother and father they have died and now live on the island of the dead From the island of the dead they continue to look after us.... ...... ..... and even to each house visited, this lulaby seems endless...
@mExloKo13 Baegu also known as Baeggu. It is the language spoken by the natives of Northern Malaita, an island that is part of the Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands are part of the region of Melanesia and located in the south Pacific, somewhat near Australia and South East Asia.
@ViniciusGuitarGuy: see below - it is a language / local dialect spoken on the Solomon Islands. The lyrics refer to a young orphan being comforted by his older brother moarning the loss of their parents
I've got that too, indescribable (or how you spell that :-) takes me back to around my 5th/6th year :) when it was on the radio a lot,.. i would dream and sleep on clouds if i heard it,...
I am reminded of driving my huge four wheel drive while burning fossil fuel with a 450 hp V8 up and down highway 17 listening to this tape, yes tape, full blast...just driving and listening. I loved the music, but missed the message. Ah, to be a teenager for me was blissfully unaware, oxymoronic bliss. I killed some trees with that truck which I would now drive off a cliff...in an environmentally friendly way.
This is a very valid point, and it is an understandable problem. But it's more of a problem with society than this particular piece. Because this is not the first time this has happened. Nor will it be the last. Keep pursuing your dreams! ~ Wynn
@ArashinoLegacy It's an old language of Solomon Islands. Make a search with the words: Where the Hell is Afunakwa? -- and you'll know the story of the singer.
Our world could be a better place once everyone wakes up. Ancient cultures didn't worship/favour animals for no reason we are all together under our skin we live in a world for my society anyway in Australia big companies and a 'false reality'
in 2012, the maya calendar will end as they made it, but we have computers that exactly calculate from that point, the maya's did calculate that the time would change cause of the moon being some further away (few miles), and therefore changing the calendar... so much for, the end of time and days, its just a minor shift in calculations :)
@mimie0301 sorry but i find this so small minded.....this is a beautiful peace of music that opens the hearts of most people that hears that...this is the greater good the bigger picture....nothing really belongs to us anyway we are channells for divine creativity..... be happy that this spiritual music is reaching so many...we are ONE anyway
This isn't the 2004 version or the 2003 (whicever the one with acoustic guitar etc is, is my second favourite version) this is a remix of the original cos it has the same recordings of the synths and singing.
I really want to listen to this song Deep into the madagascan or Amazon rainforest...lying there on a giant leaf with rain trickling on my face,smelling the strange aroma's that fill the jungle air, whilst strange exotic creatures slowly cum out to greet me with a curious but harmless approach; checking who this new eccentric creature is, who warms their territory. ( picture this scene with a setting almost like Avatars Pandora forest whilst at night with its bioluminescent lights)
Finnish translation:Nuori veli, nuori sisko hei! vaikka sinä itket minulle Isäsi on jättänyt meidät Hän on mennyt paikkaan kuolleiden suojelemaan eläviä, huolehtimaan lapsista orvoista Jeesus Kristus on Herra!
Im thinking about starting a stage performance with this deep forest music as the theme,(this song and songs like this song) Plot: a boy falling right down deep into the cracks and crevices of the earth deep into a big sinkhole or something, and then meeting strange weird eccentric creatures, unknown to man because he has fallen sooo deep into the jungle where all these untouched strange troglobite creatures are living in the DEEP FOREST with there adapted bioluminescent patterned bodies.
this 2004 version is BY FAR the best. Can't even listen to the others
beautiful!!! been listening to it since late 90's and will continue til am gone!!!
BAEGU (SOLOMON ISLANDS):
Sasi sasi o to aro aro
O angi si nau boroi amu
Ni ma oe e fasi korona
Dolali dasa na, lao dai afuimae
Afuta guau mauri, Afuta wela inomae
Sasi sasi ae o angisi nau
Boroi nima oe e fasi koro na
Dolali dasa na, lao dai afuimae
Afuta guau mauri, Afuta wela inomae
ENGLISH INTERPRETATION
Young brother, young brother you be quiet
Although you are crying to me
Your father has left us
He has gone to the place of the dead
Protect the head of the living, Protect the orphan child
Young brother, young brother hey? Although you are crying to me
Your father has left us
He has gone to the place of the dead
Protect the head of the living, protect the orphan child.
At the core of Sweet Lullaby is the voice and melody of Afunakwa from the Solomon Islands who comes from the island of Malaita (Fataleka). Her singing was recorded in 1969 by ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp in an effort to archive the traditions of a fading culture. This interpretation and lyrics come a translation by her grandchildren. The song is said to be very old and hence the new generation does not understand every word. The song is about a young child crying because he does not see his father with the family. In response his elder sister sung this song to comfort as well as tell him the reality, with an appeal for their deceased father to protect this child in the land of the living (local ancient belief is that the dead care for loved ones they left behind). The old woman also said that the sample, if listened to carefully, used some words and sounds that were added to make it sound more melo. Expression of some words twice, as well pronounciation of most of the words are different from that of normal conversation. Eg. ‘O’ should be OE’, Angiangi should be angisi. This is very common with local traditional songs.
Thanks to the people of the Solomon Islands for the lyrics, translation, and interpretation.
Thank you.....
When i listen to this song i imagine night sky, big fireplace and people dancing in a circle holding each other hands in somekinda magical island, no hate, no jealousy, only love and caring. Material things come and go , true friendship lasts forever, respect nature and each other. Peace to you all :))
Thank you SO much for posting this. I heard the original version of this on Gaia Radio this morning (first time in 15 years,) and just had to find out the title and artist. After 4 hours of Googling, etc, I came upon this by chance. I LOVE this song still. It sends a chill down my spine still, all these years later.
I gotta thank my brother for allowing me to appreciate this type of music. Before I only listened to mainstream and would laugh at something like this, now it seems to be the other way around
I can't remember exactly how many times I have listened to this music. If I remember correctly, it was the year 1992 when I was a grad student at IIT-Bombay and one of my friends who happens to be a music lover was playing this music in his room and to say in a word I was simply "spellbound". It opened my eyes in the world of "music". Although its a sad music but I can't stop listening to this music and I feel like I want to live in this beautiful world forever.
I wish I was on a sunny beach right vibing to this, noticing the endless possibilities that lay ahead of me in this beautiful life.
This is, for me, the VERY best version, in addictional to ambient version 🧡💙💜❤️☀️🙏
this song always makes me tears.... Is so beautiful if i hear this makes me feel in a magikal place somehow....
im 16 and this song makes me get butterflies. it holds memories in the music, i adore this song
''It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. '''
M.Fuller
Awesome song. Can't understand a word but it's still wonderful. Amazing,
The melody clears my mind, but the meaning makes my soul crying...
"
Little brother, little brother, stop crying, stop crying
Though you are crying and crying, who else will carry you
Who else will groom you, both of us are now orphans
From the island of the dead, their spirit will continue to look after us
Just like royalty, taken care of with all the wisdom of such a place..." (english translation)
Little brother, little brother, stop crying, stop crying
Though you are crying and crying, who else will carry you
Who else will groom you, both of us are now orphans
From the island of the dead, their spirit will continue to look after us
Just like royalty, taken care of with all the wisdom of such a place
will always be a beautiful song 😊😊😊
Peaceful & Soulful = Timeless
I was looking for this song about some 17 years. I think I heard it in 1992 for the first time... An amazing song... Don't you think it's a wonderful and quite a mystic language, even if it seems to disapear...
Greatings from Luxemburg
maybe only thanks to this we are all able to hear her beautyful voice.
Toujours autant de plaisir à l'écouter.
Whenever I hear this song, it makes me think of the movie Avatar. I think this song would have been a perfect soundtrack song for that movie.
Tutto bellissimo meraviglioso ! C'è un immagine stupenda ..... Felcia verde ! Musica adorabile dolcissima profonda :)))))
I was first exposed to this band while I was the tour bus driver for PIGFACE a band fronted by Martin Atkins. I would be driving down the road and really enjoying my work I finally got up enough courage to ask the folks in the front lounge what that great music was, been a fan since that day!!
Simply Fantastic
tratemos todos como un acuerdo de hermandad de ser cada dia mas felices
Deep Forest, very special in his style!
I like it!
ahh... childhood with the pure moods cd playing in my warm livingroom at night. great times
I really Love this song....It kinda makes me sad when i listen to it tho because it makes me think of the bad side of our world and makes me want the good side and all the bad things dissapier....our world is very beautiful and magical...and it deserves to be that way forever.....I Love our world and dont want it to get worse...
This is a really beautiful version!
Excellent version,to hear on te hill of the worship of Huautla Oaxaca.
Greetings to the village of Maria Sabina.
Miriam y Braulio.
I love this song
this track has such a huge impact on me, a brilliant track. simply perfect
one of my favs. such a soothing music.
This sounds like a South African tune even though I have never been to South Africa, nor have I ever listened to South African music.
Oh... so lovely... reminds me of things I never lived in this life but are in my DNA
the vocal voice is so peaceful. This song is awesome as the original one in 1992.
Beautiful song
Suddenly i feel at i want to life in nature, nt in town here is too much noice and stress abd all, i want to be free and want to life in middle of nature :) The song made me to feel that and the beatiful beatiful pics too thank you
nice song... the lyrics are sad.. but I feel a hope with the song..
the music speaks to me in this song and I feel different
Love this song.. just amazing!
Nigdy nie czułem się tak zrelaksowany...
I love this. The song is about an older sister telling her little brother to behave good or he will get in trouble.
gosh, I havent heard this song in years!!
1993 is when it came out cause i was a Junior in High School..Gosh, lots of memories
little brother little brother stop crying stop crying though you are crying and crying who else will carry you who else will groom you both of us are now orphans little brother little brother our mother and father they have died and now live on the island of the dead From the island of the dead they continue to look after us....
......
..... and even to each house visited, this lulaby seems endless...
ive heard this song in a hardstyle trance techno and progressive version but this version is beautiful and the video that goes with it is even nice
this is a very beautiful song to listen to
goose bumps
great song!
Wonderful song...Love it...Thumbd up.
Entrons ensemble dans ce monde utopique :)
our world i amazing!
wow this is beautiful i like the beat
cancion de cuna, espectacualar.......
I love this song makes me feel more humane. I also enjoyed the video. Thank you for posting it.
@mExloKo13 Baegu also known as Baeggu. It is the language spoken by the natives of Northern Malaita, an island that is part of the Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands are part of the region of Melanesia and located in the south Pacific, somewhat near Australia and South East Asia.
I just love this song and great fan of Deep Forest. Thank you for posting this. :)
超级好听 似乎yanni也有这么首差不多曲风的 just so beautiful I LIKE IT
omg... I have been looking for this song for over a YEAR ..... THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!! -fucking dies-
somehow I feel great like warm hearted from this song.
For some reason, this song always reminds me of the movie "The Piano".
2:11 are the plevitij lakes, those are really beautiful
Original Acapella version By afunakwa is on RUclips. search for
"Beagu -- Rorogwela (Sweet Lullaby) Sung by Afunakwa 1969 " posted by alanokpechi
Lightin the bleezy for this one
@ViniciusGuitarGuy: see below - it is a language / local dialect spoken on the Solomon Islands. The lyrics refer to a young orphan being comforted by his older brother moarning the loss of their parents
min elskelig musik !
Man I totally agree with you!
I've got that too, indescribable (or how you spell that :-) takes me back to around my 5th/6th year :) when it was on the radio a lot,.. i would dream and sleep on clouds if i heard it,...
I am reminded of driving my huge four wheel drive while burning fossil fuel with a 450 hp V8 up and down highway 17 listening to this tape, yes tape, full blast...just driving and listening. I loved the music, but missed the message. Ah, to be a teenager for me was blissfully unaware, oxymoronic bliss. I killed some trees with that truck which I would now drive off a cliff...in an environmentally friendly way.
this song is so good 5*
This is a very valid point, and it is an understandable problem. But it's more of a problem with society than this particular piece. Because this is not the first time this has happened.
Nor will it be the last.
Keep pursuing your dreams! ~ Wynn
dont know what the songs about BUT I LOVE IT!!!!!!
@dragonefsc oui vraiment jolie .. je la sur-aime :) et y a vraiment de jolie photos !
Yeah kids never fight
tremendo tema
Awesome
@ArashinoLegacy
It's an old language of Solomon Islands. Make a search with the words: Where the Hell is Afunakwa? -- and you'll know the story of the singer.
Our world could be a better place once everyone wakes up. Ancient cultures didn't worship/favour animals for no reason we are all together under our skin we live in a world for my society anyway in Australia big companies and a 'false reality'
@MrsFoy3 Baegu. Also known as Baeggu. Spoken in part of the Solomon Islands.
Indemmodable
My brothers song
in 2012, the maya calendar will end as they made it, but we have computers that exactly calculate from that point, the maya's did calculate that the time would change cause of the moon being some further away (few miles), and therefore changing the calendar... so much for, the end of time and days, its just a minor shift in calculations :)
@mimie0301 sorry but i find this so small minded.....this is a beautiful peace of music that opens the hearts of most people that hears that...this is the greater good the bigger picture....nothing really belongs to us anyway we are channells for divine creativity..... be happy that this spiritual music is reaching so many...we are ONE anyway
Świetne i bardzo dobrze się ogląda :D Muzyka i grafika jak najbardziej dopasowane :)
yes thats in FIJI , wgere the movie cast away was filmed
love
YEAR TWELVE and on we came for dance gcse pr american virsion i had had some Alcahole
or wed and w danced and i got a c miiers
They should play this song at the U.N. along with a cool montage of humanity befor each meeting. Agree??
i need a loop button
This isn't the 2004 version or the 2003 (whicever the one with acoustic guitar etc is, is my second favourite version) this is a remix of the original cos it has the same recordings of the synths and singing.
relax.........
Epic
I really want to listen to this song Deep into the madagascan or Amazon rainforest...lying there on a giant leaf with rain trickling on my face,smelling the strange aroma's that fill the jungle air, whilst strange exotic creatures slowly cum out to greet me with a curious but harmless approach; checking who this new eccentric creature is, who warms their territory. ( picture this scene with a setting almost like Avatars Pandora forest whilst at night with its bioluminescent lights)
Finnish translation:Nuori veli, nuori sisko hei! vaikka sinä itket
minulle
Isäsi on jättänyt meidät
Hän on mennyt paikkaan kuolleiden
suojelemaan eläviä, huolehtimaan lapsista orvoista
Jeesus Kristus on Herra!
the year 10's Nightbird
19 people are lost in the forest!
it's a mad or sad world.... may-be twice...
YES I FOUND IT AGAIN
@ReliableProductions its probably a 2004 version because the original sounds alittle bit diffirent;)
Im thinking about starting a stage performance with this deep forest music as the theme,(this song and songs like this song) Plot: a boy falling right down deep into the cracks and crevices of the earth deep into a big sinkhole or something, and then meeting strange weird eccentric creatures, unknown to man because he has fallen sooo deep into the jungle where all these untouched strange troglobite creatures are living in the DEEP FOREST with there adapted bioluminescent patterned bodies.
This song is based off a lullaby from the Solomon Islands, in the pacific, ans slightly north of Australia.
AKA: Not Africa.