baobab
I grew up in the company of these amazing beings, in-breath by day, out-breath by night. They are something for Gaby Hernandez to sing about, accompanied by the rhythmic sounds of the Reco Reco...
Baobab Tree, by Gaby Hernandez.
Baobab Tree (lyrics)
I see a love within your heart
Ancient and wise
Prepared to share abundantly with those in need
Like a baobab tree, my baobab tree
Like a baobab tree
You're my baobab tree
From your branches grow flowers of life
Night blooming soul
Sharing your fruit to feed and heal humanity
Like a baobab tree, my baobab tree
Like a baobab tree
You're my baobab tree
And your love it grows high in the sky
Royal and wide
I wrap my arms around you to give you back some love
Like a baobab tree, my baobab tree
Like a baobab tree
You're my baobab tree
Ancient everlasting lover, I will stick by you for all eternity
Ancient everlasting lover, I will stand by you for all eternity
Ouu my baobab tree, my baobab tree
Like a baobab tree
You're my baobab tree
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Gaby Hernandez. Album: Spirit Reflection (2017)
Roots
Baobab is borrowed from the Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic abū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”... The latin name Adansonia is attributed to Michel Adanson, a colonial visitor to Senegal, who documented the tree with botanical plates in 1763.
The earliest written report of the African baobab is from a 14th-century travelogue by the Arab traveler Ibn Batuta – who we learned about in school in Kenya. The travelogue was titled The Rihla, A Masterpiece to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling – which is curiously resonant and made me wonder a little if it might have been one of many seeds for Calvino's Invisible Cities. [info cobbled from wiki sources and faulty memory].
Baobab – a lovely name for an ancient night blooming soul... not unlike this character Selenicereus grandiflorus, that blooms just once a year, for only one night.
Bloom on!
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