Nä′nisa′taqu′thi hu′na—Hi′ă hi′ni′ni′!
Hi′bithi′ni′na gasi′tu—Hi′ă hi′ni′ni′!
Hi′bithi′ni′na gasi′tu—Hi′ă hi′ni′ni′!
Translation
The seven crows—Hi′ă hi′ni′ni′!
The seven crows—Hi′ă hi′ni′ni′!
They are flying about the carrion—Hi′ă hi′ni′ni′!
They are flying about the carrion—Hi′ă hi′ni′ni′!
In this song the dreamer tells of his trance visit to the spirit world, where he found his friends busily engaged cutting up the meat after a successful buffalo hunt, while the crows were hovering about the carrion. Four and seven are the constant sacred numbers of the Ghost dance, as of Indian ritual and story generally.