Navaho Legends

Wos Wos picks them up (seeds),Wos Wos picks them up,Glossy Locks picks them up,Red Moccasin picks them up,Wos Wos picks them up.

The voice that beautifies the land!The voice above,The voice of the thunder,Among the dark cloudsAgain and again it sounds,The voice that beautifies the land.

The voice that beautifies the land!The voice below,The voice of the grasshopper,Among the flowers and grassesAgain and again it sounds,The voice that beautifies the land.

Maid Who Becomes a BearSought the gods and found them,On the summits of the mountainsSought the gods and found them,Truly with my sacrificeSought the gods and found them.Somebody doubts it, so I have heard.

Holy Young WomanSought the gods and found them,On the summits of the cloudsSought the gods and found them,Truly with my sacrificeSought the gods and found them.Somebody doubts it, so I have heard.

Tsihayilkáe dóla aní,Ayas dotlĭzi bĭza holó,Bĭza hozónigo, bĭza holó,Bĭza holónigo hwíhe ĭnlíDóla aní. Dóla aní.

Just at daylight Sialia calls.The bluebird has a voice,He has a voice, his voice melodious,His voice melodious that flows in gladness.Sialia calls. Sialia calls.

He advances! He advances!Now Slayer of the Alien Gods advances,Above, among the mountain peaks, he advances,In danger he advances.

He advances! He advances!Now Child of the Water advancesBelow, among the foothills, he advances,In danger he advances.

Now Slayer of the Alien Gods arrivesHere from the house made of the dark stone knives.From where the dark stone knives dangle on high,You have the treasures, holy one, not I.

The Offspring of the Water now arrives,Here from the house made of the serrate knives.

Naestsán bayántsĭn.Earth (Woman Horizontal), for it I am ashamed.Yádĭlyĭl bayántsĭn.Sky (dark above), for it I am ashamed.Hayolkál bayántsĭn.Dawn, for it I am ashamed.Nahotsói bayántsĭn.Evening (Land of Horizontal Yellow), for it I am ashamed.Nahodotlĭ'zi bayántsĭn.Blue sky (Land or Place of Horizontal Blue), for it I am ashamed.Tsalyél bayántsĭn.Darkness, for it I am ashamed.Tsóhanoai bayántsĭn.Sun, for it I am ashamed.Si sĭzíni beyastí'yi bayántsĭn.In me it stands, with me it talks, for it I am ashamed.

To'bĭlhaskĭ'digi haádze lakaígo ta'ĭ'ndĭlto' tsin dzilínla tsĭ'ni.Water with Hill Central in to the east white up rose; day they thought it they say.Sadaádze dotlĭ'zgo ta'ĭ'ndilto; tábĭtsin ĭndzĭlté tsĭ'ni InádzeTo the south blue up rose; still their day they went around they say. To the westlĭtsogo ta'ĭ'ndĭlto; ininála á'le tsĭ'ni. Akógo náhokosdze dĭlyĭ'lgoyellow up rose; evening always it showed they say. Then to the north darkta'ĭndĭlto; akógo dazĭntsá dádzĭlkos tsĭ'ni.up rose; then they lay down they slept they say.To'bĭlhaskĭ'di to'altsáhazlin; haádze la ilín, sadaágo la ilín, laWater with Hill Central water flowed from in different directions: to the east one flowed, at the south one flowed, one

Aieneyá.(No meaning.)Eó eá aiá ahèea aía eeeaía ainá.(A meaningless prelude twice repeated.)

Haía aína aiyéya aína.(Meaningless refrain after each stanza.)