níyá – Corpus Of Diné Bizaad

Radmilla Cody – Topic

℗ Canyon Records, 2018

Níyá
Is coming

Refrain
Háí ei ei ei ei, Háí ei ei ei ei
Who is it, who is it?
Háí éí níyá
Who is coming?
Ą’ą níyá wó
Hey, he’is coming

(0:15) Hayołká hooná’í nihitaa’ níyá wó
It’s predawn, the sun our father is coming.

(0:35) Nihi yázhí nishtłʼigo nihitaa’ níyá wó
Our little ones, on the left, our father is coming.

(0:59) Nihi ’awéé nizhnigoo nihitaa’ níyá wó
Our babies, on the right, our father is coming.

(1:23) Ba’ahi (?) nisin nił hológo nihitaa’ níyá wó
You have what you want our father is coming.

(1:40) Sha hozho baa éí góó nihitaa’ níyá wó
Nearly about towards beauty I go, our father is coming.

(2:06) T’áá kwii abíní nihitaa’ naaztą́’ą́’ą́ níyá wó
Many mornings our father has around, our father is coming.

(2:28) Hayííłką́da, t’aa shǫǫdii doo, nihitaa’ níyá wó
Please, let the dawncome, our father is coming.

(2:49) Hózhógo naashá t’óó biiniyá nihitaa’ níyá wó
I’m going into beauty just because our father is coming.

(3:14) ’Ahózhoǫ́ ndaztį́ halah nihitaa’ níyá wó
Beauty is being spread, siblings, our father is coming.

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