First Bear Song

He-e! Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi, Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi, akwandu'li e'lanti' ginûn'ti,

Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi, Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi, akwandu'li e'lanti' ginûn'ti--Yû!

He-e! The Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi, the Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi, I want to lay them low

on the ground,

The Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi, the Ani'-Tsâ'gûhi, I want to lay them low

on the ground--Yû!

The bear hunter starts out each morning fasting and does not eat

until near evening. He sings this song as he leaves camp, and again

the next morning, but never twice the same day.

Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology · 第 129 / 197 题