(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