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SĭníʻMy mindeé deyáapproaches,aá, deyáapproaches,aá,
KléhanoaiThe Moon Godeé deyáapproaches,aá,
NiʻnĭnélaʻBorder of the Eartheé deyáapproaches,aá,
YolkaíYolkaíEstsánEstsánbigániher houseyúnidzetoward the hearthdeyáapproaches,aá,
SánaIn old agenagáiwalkingeé deyáapproaches,aá,
BĭkéHis trailhozónibeautifuleé deyáapproaches.aá.
SĭníʻMy mindeé deyáapproaches,aá deyáapproaches.aá.
Yúni, here translated hearth, is a certain part of the floor of the Navaho lodge. Yúnidze means in the direction of the yúni.
The expressions Sána nagái and Bĭké hozóni appear in many songs and prayers, and are always thus united. Their literal translation is as given above; but they are equivalent to saying, “Long life and happiness;” as part of a prayer, they are a supplication for a long and happy life. Hozóni means, primarily, terrestrially beautiful; but it means also happy, happily, or, in a certain sense, good.
Estsánatlehi is often called, in song, Estsánatlesi, and Tsóhanoai is often called (apparently with greater propriety) Tsínhanoai. Sĭníʻ = Sĭ′ni.
The syllables not translated are meaningless.