(Your mother went to fetch milk
The milk pot went down the river
The cranes surrounded the river
The cranes came and drank the milk
You better not cry, my baby.)
Baloli loli bâloliyê
Bâla bilindu bâloliyê
Kiyamin gi neleviliyê
Sethapemi magê suratheliyê
(Darling darling little one