Lullabies

Lullaby

These are sung to send a child to sleep or to stop it crying, employ a very simple style of language, and have a tune that follows the syllabic arrangement of the lines. The singer is not identified in these verses, which consist of quatrains and a chorus.
 
Examples of lullabies:

Huu huu
The dervishes
Set out on the road to God.
On the road to God is a spring
That never stops or runs dry.
The dervishes who drunk from it
Had their wish.
Let him grow in his sleep, lullaby
A lullaby for my tiny child.
They took a bride
And wrapped her in furs.
While kissing and cuddling
Under a fallen tree.
Lullaby, my baby, lullaby
For my tiny child.
Hu hu hu, a bird,
An owl on the hill of the valley.
Its nest out in the wilds,
Its father brings its food.
May you grow, my child.
Grow and walk.
A lullaby for my little child,
For my little tiny child.
Hu hu hu, the bird,
I did not climb the hill
Where there is a nightingale’s nest
And his wife prepares the food.
May you grow, my child.
Grow and walk.
A lullaby for my little child,
For my little tiny child.