Elohi - Cherokee for Earth
Album: Tali
By: whitewolf
By: whitewolf
Duration
6:11
Genres
Description
A song about our mother the Earth. This one uses some liberty with the Cherokee language for timing/ryming purposes. Translation will appear on our fan page. Silverhawk: Flute and Percussion, WhiteWolf: Guitar, Vocals and Percussion - Guitar by Ibanez - Low D Cedar Flute by Kuzin Bruce - Cedar Drum by Albert "Singing Wood" Johnson - Rawhide rattle by Silverhawk.
Lyrics
Elohi = Earth Elohi he = Earth hey Elohi he = Earth hey Elohi he = Earth hey Elohi = Earth Etsi vhnai vlenitohv = Mother of Life Etsi vhnai kawoladesgv = Mother of Breath Adando eqa nihi adadolig = Great Spirit, your blessing Nasginai elohi = For the Earth Elohi, he ya = Earth, hey ya He ya, he ya = Hey ya, hey ya He ya, he ya = Hey ya, hey ya Gvgeyui *andi anitsisqua = I love you, say the Bird Clan Gvgeyui *andi aniwaya = I love you, say the Wolf Clan He ya, he ya = Hey ya, hey ya Etsi vhnai vlenitohv = Mother of Life Etsi vhnai kawoladesgv = Mother of Breath Adando eqa nihi adadolig = Great Spirit, your blessing Nasginai elohi = For the Earth Elohi, he ya = Earth, hey ya Adanvdo equa adadoligi = Great Spirit blessing Adanvdo equa nihi adadoligi = Great Spirit, your blessing Adadoligi nvwatohiyadv = Peace Blessing Adadoligi nvwatohiyadv = Peace Blessing He he he he = Hey hey hey hey Elohi he ya aho he ya = Earth, hey ya, it is so, hey ya Elohi he ya aho he ya = Earth, hey ya, it is so, hey ya Adadoligi ale nvwatohiyadv = Blessing and Peace Adadoligi nvwatohiyadv = Blessing of Peace * = In the song this was mistakenly sung as “woni” (woe-knee) which would mean “they speak”, as in speaking a language, rather than “they say.” Andi (awn-dee) is the correct word for “they say.” At least those are the words in the Overhill dialect that we know.
