Ru Con Miền Nam

Vietnamese Southern Lullaby

Lyrics

Gió mùa thu…
mẹ ru mà con ngủ…
Năm… canh dài…
Năm… canh dài,
thức đủ vừa năm…
Hỡi chàng… chàng ơi!
Hỡi người… người ơi!
Em nhớ tới chàng!
Em nhớ tới chàng!
Hãy nín… nín đi, con!
Hãy ngủ… ngủ đi, con!
Con hời mà con hỡi!
Con hỡi, con hời…
Con hỡi, con hời, hỡi con!

Tentative translation

The autumn breeze helps Mother to lull her baby to sleep.
Five times the timewatcher tolled
for ten hours straight…
I have been up all ten.
Oh, lover… please, lover!
Oh, man… please, man!
I am thinking of you,
I really miss you!
Hush… don’t cry, baby!
Go to sleep… sleep well, baby!
Oh child, please hush, oh baby!
Oh child, please hush, oh baby!
Baby, please baby, oh please!”

TUNING:

LOOPED PRACTICE PLAY-ALONG VIDEOS

Legend:

  • Each looped part is preceded by its preceding phrase, so we have the context and time to prepare.
  • 7(V) means vibrating the 7th string.
  • 8(B)8 means bending the 8th string, then return to the regular 8th string.

Step 1:

Ru con – Looped Practice “năm canh dài”

Strings 7(V)-6-4

Step 2:

Ru con – Looped Practice “em nhớ tới chàng”

Strings (optional 8)–7(V)-6-4

Step 3:

Ru con – Looped Practice “hỡi con” (Ending)

Strings 7(V)-6-5-4

Step 4:

Ru con – Looped Practice “gió mùa thu” (Opening)

Strings 9-8(B)8-7(V)

Step 5.1:

Ru con – Looped Practice “ngủ (ú u)”

Strings 8(B)8-4

Step 5.2:

Ru con – Looped Practice “hỡi (ớ ơ)”

Strings 8(B)8-4

Step 6:

Ru con – Looped Practice “hãy nín (ngủ)… nín (ngủ) đi con”

Strings 9-8(B)8

Step 7:

Ru con – Looped Practice “thức đủ vừa năm”

Strings 9-8(B)8-7(V)

Step 8:

Ru con – Looped Practice “hỡi chàng (nguời)… chàng (người) ơi”

Strings 9-8(B)8-7(V)-6

Step 9:

Ru con – Looped Practice “mẹ ru mà con ngủ (ú-u)”

Strings 8(B)8-7(V)-6-4

Step 10:

Ru con – Looped Practice “con hời mà con hỡi (ớ-ơ)”

Strings 8(B)8-7(V)-6-4

Step 11:

Ru con – Looped Practice “con hỡi con hời” (old scale)

Strings 7-6-5-4(B)4

Step 12:

Ru con – Looped Practice “con hỡi con hời” (new scale)

Strings 7-5-4(B)4-3(B)3