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W hn slw II 1 sí ng lo 1hec, Babe tui my back.>
Song ol tlue Engle íli¡u mates with the storni
Hi-i-ñ-i-ki! Ri-eck!
The wild guíe is weeping, driven belore him
To bis nesí on the black lone masí ol (he night;
Swinging, swinging, 1-av out, high ouÉ, over (he sea!
Hi-i-ri-i-ki! Ri-eek!
Thy íather is Eagle-Go-High, ehicí oF tl~ iribe:
Fiercest in war, wisesl in eouncil. swiftesí in hunting,
Hashest and londesÉ in the (cnt of his woman
He is ¡ny mate!
What shaLl 1 sing to thee, Sabe on ¡ny back?
Song of the wind that is ~vantofl fortverl
Flceing forever, lw-ing and wecping, laughing and Ieaping fore”cr;
CalIing forever-calling-for the chase of swift wings,
For the drive and (he smite of wild wings,
For the foW of sttong wings,
For (he slcep iii warm wings.
OO-o-roo-o-rrr-ufffff-oo! Thy motheris Storni-Dancer,daughterofWinds
What art hou, Little Chicfling, babe of my heart?
The star thaI 1 píueked from tile mast of the night.
When the wings of thv faiher outstrove me.
I-Ii-i-ri-i-ki 1 Ri-eek!
Eaglc-Go-High, Uds is thy sen,-
He falís asleep, smiling,
Tu (he screa¡n ni Ihy ncsti tig—eall.
I-li-i-ri-i-ki! Ri-i-ki! Ri-eek! ([nterp. Skinner, Am?, Pp. 215-217>
Ciertosentimientode soledad y abandono parece desprenderse de estas canciones o nanas,
en que la mujer, a solas con el niño, espera al marido/amado ausente, sentimiento que la madre
transmite al niño. Hay, sin embargo, otro tipo de nanas en las que no aflora este sentimiento de
soledad como, por ejemplo, en la nana procedente de Nigeria: