“Tchumali, tchumali, shohkoya,

Tchumali, tchumali, shohkoya!

Yaamii heeshoo taatani tchupatchinte,

Shohkoya,

Shohkoya!”

Locust, locust, playing a flute,

Locust, locust, playing a flute!

Away up above on the pine-tree bough, closely clinging,

Playing a flute,

Playing a flute!