Dîga gâ'goaya+, Dîga gâ'goaya+, yê hê hê,
To me | you came, | to me | you came, | yê hê hê,
Dîga gâ'goaya, Dîga gâ'goaya.
To me | you came, | to me | you came,
Awa'-i L!a'hao dî'ga dîna'ñ ga gwaiya'gAn.
Mother | instead of some one else | to me | my child | to (me) | came walking.
Awa'-i L!a'hao dî'ga dîna'ñ gît gwaiya'gAn.
Mother | instead of another | to me | my child | chief's child | came walking.
Awa'-i gâ'dji wêhê, 1
Mother | of noble family | mother,
Awa'-i gâ'dji awa'-i, (four times)
Mother | of noble family | mother,

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You came to me, you came to me, yê hê he!
You came to me, you came to me.
You came walking to me, calling me "mother," instead of to some one else.
To me my child, who is a chief's child, came walking, calling me "mother,"
Mother of noble family,
Mother of noble family, mother of noble family, mother of noble family, mother of noble family.

Footnotes

37:1 Equivalent to awa'-i.