This is a lullaby I wrote for my sister Ellen when I was small and she was brand new. Kinanu means baby in Kwa’kwala (MN).

Sleep, sleep, go to sleep,
rest now, my little Kinanu.
Stars are shining in the sky, 

birds have gone to nest, 

moon is watching over all, 

Kinanu must rest.

'Kinanu' was arranged for musica intima by Newman for her 2024 curation, Ki'mola.