ᎤᏒ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ - Night-Song in the Jungle

in cherokee •  7 years ago  (edited)


ᏃᏊ ᏩᏂ ᏚᏙᎥ ᎠᏬᎭᎵ ᎤᏒᎢ ᏓᏲᎯᎰ ᏧᏪᏅᏒᎢ
Now Rann the Kite brings home the night
         ᎺᏅᎩ ᏚᏙᎥ ᏜᎺᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏲᏍᎪ—
         That Mang the Bat sets free—

ᏩᎦ ᎠᏐᏴᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏴᏍᏗ ᎨᏥᏍᏚᎲᏍᎪ
The herds are shut in byre and hut
         ᎤᎩᏨᏂᏕᎾ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᎣᏣᏓᏲᏍᎪ.
         For loosed till dawn are we.

ᎣᏥᏍᏓᏱᏗᏍᎩ ᎣᏣᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᏪᏅᏍᏗ ᎠᎵᏰᎶᏍᎪ
This is the hour of pride and power,
         ᏙᏥᎳᏏᏕᏂ ᎠᎴ ᏙᏥᏅᏙᎬ ᎠᎴ ᏙᎩᏑᎦᏢ
         Talon and tush and claw.

Ꭷ, ᏙᎩᏯᏅᎲᎢ ᏔᏛᎬᎦ!—ᏂᎩᏉᎸᏒᎾ ᏫᏂᎦᎵᏍᏓᏏ
Oh, hear the call!—Good hunting all
         ᏄᏍᏗ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ ᎢᏗᏍᏓᏩᏕᎪ!
         That keep the Jungle Law!

ᎤᏒ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ
Night-Song in the Jungle



English from "The Jungle Book" - Public Domain
Cherokee from "ᎢᎾᎨᎢ ᏗᎪᏪᎵ" by ᎹᎦᎵ - Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
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