Songs of the Girls' Puberty Ceremony, Chiricahua Apache Text ::

(40.7)
Jígonaa'áí, shá bitł'óle, yiłdahdałndi;
Shá noóyá,
Godáńyá,
'Áhóóyá.

Chíí, bik'ehgózhóní,
Ts'is'ahnaagháí! Bik'ehgózhóní,
Yeenichí,
Bik'ehgózhóní, Ts'is'ahnaagháí!

Dleesh, bik'ehgózhóní,
Chí, bik'ehgózhóní,
Ts'is'ahnaagháí! Bik'ehgózhóní,
Yeenichí;
Dleesh, bik'ehgózhóní,
Yeenidleesh,
Ts'is'ahnaagháí! Bik'ehgózhóní.

The sun, the rays of the sun, he is holding up his hand [painted] with them;
The sun has come down,
It has come before her,
It has gone in.
Red clay, its power is good,
Long life! Its power is good,
He will paint you red with it,
Its power is good, long life!
White clay, its power is good,
Red clay, its power is good,
Long life! Its power is good,
He will paint you red with it;
White clay, its power is good,
He will paint you white with it,
Long life! Its power is good.

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The sun, the rays of the sun, he is holding up his hand [painted] with them;