Tiempo ancestral

from Cantos al corazón en los altos de Chiapas by Deva Baumbach

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This song is based on a melody that was given to me during sleep.
It is played in 11/8 beats. The lyrics where written in collaboration with an indigenous poet, shaman and great human being from the heights of Chiapas called Alberto Gómez Pérez.
It talks about the loss of working together as one human race.
Egoism and the individualistic style of life that we live now is the main cause for caos. Return to your heart, the answers are there...

lyrics

LenguaTzotzil

Me lavilik xa kuts´ kalal tak
k´u x- elan ti xiniche,
k´alal mutetik chvilik ta vinajele:
jmoj kuxulik chyich´ sbaik ta muk´.

Jmojuk oyanik kuts´ kalal
Li ta akuxlejalike,
chopol chkil toj vok´ol oyoshuk
ta sat yelov chúl banamil osile.

Jech moltot ,melel xaval
mu´yuk bu jmoj oyuntutike
jech yaya toj lek xaval
ich´ay xch´ulel o´ntonale.

Vo´ne jmoj yomol ko´ntontik
Ijin ta skolo´al jun chib
Ja smul k´atin bake;
Lek ayanemotic´
Ta yibel jkuxletik

Batik sael kibeltike
Yu´un ja´ lek ta jtojoltik.
Ka itik snuk o´ntonale
Yu´un te oy jkuxletike

Translation into spanish:

Hijos míos han visto
Como las hormigas
O el vuelo de las aves
En armonía se quiere

Hijos míos, estén unidos en esta vida
Con tristeza veo tanta división
Ante el rostro de la sagrada Tierra

Si abuelo, hablas con verdad,
No estamos unidos
Si abuela, lo dices muy bien,
Se extravió el alma del corazón.

Nuestros corazones unidos estaban,
Se desbarató por encono de algunos
Proviene del inframundo
Nosotros nacimos bien
Desde el origen de la vida.

Vayamos a buscar nuestras raíces
Nos hace bien.
Escuchemos la voz del corazón
Porque ahí está la vida.

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from Cantos al corazón en los altos de Chiapas, released January 5, 2016
Composition and general arrangements: Deva Baumbach
Guitar arrangements: Kin Sánchez
Voice: Deva Baumbach and Tania Torres
Guitar: Kin Sánchez
Violin: Tania Torres
Daf: Francisco Bringas

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Deva Baumbach Mexico City, Mexico

Alma Tierra´s music offers and cultivates deep appreciation and respect to life, inviting authenticity and beauty to be a part of the music and honor the indigenous Mexican cultures by collaborating with them, exploring different ways of approaching traditional Mexican rhythms and chants as well as rhythms from other parts of the world
Featuring strings, voices and percussion. ... more

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