The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees / Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398

by James Mooney

Yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ.

Galû´ⁿlatĭ, datsila´ĭ—Yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ.

Nûⁿdâgû´ⁿyĭ gatla´ahĭ—Yû´ⁿwĕhĭ.

Ge‘yagu´ga Gi´gage, tsûwatsi´la gi´gage tsiye´la skĭna´dû‘lani´ga—

Yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ.

Hiă-‘nû´ atawe´ladi´yĭ kanâ´hĕhû galûⁿlti´tla.

Translation.

SONG FOR PAINTING.

Yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ, yû´ⁿwĕhĭ.