Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)

Written by Pura Fe, Soni, Jen. Saponi translation by Lawrence Dunmore.
Performed by Ulali: Pura Fe, Soni, Jen. Album: Music for the Native Americans
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Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi
Mahmpi wah hoka yee monk
Tahond tani kiyee tiyee
Gee we-me eetiyee
Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse

A hundred years have passed
Yet I hear the distant beat of my father's drums.
I hear his drums throughout the land.
His beat I feel within my heart.
The drum shall beat
so my heart shall beat.
And I shall live a hundred thousand years.