From the recording Like Never & Like Always
Arranged with additional music by Leslie Bonnett; “Nani, nani kush të tund,” new folklore lullaby, Albania; Romani lyrics from the poem “At Night” by Hedina Tahirović Sijerčić
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Lyrics
“At Night”
I am going to leave the lamp on next to the cradle.
I am going to rub a garlic clove over the child’s breast.
I am going to put the broom behind the door.
I am going to pray to God.
To drive away the child’s crying,
To drive away the bloodsucking butterfly,
The vampire moth - a choxana.