Shí naashá
{{Infobox song
| name = Shí naashá
| image = Navajo Nation flag (4910586306).jpg
| caption = Flag of the Navajo Nation
| language = Navajo
| written = 1868
}}
{{spell-nv|Shí naashá}} (I'm going) is a Navajo song, composed in 1868 to commemorate the release of the Navajo from internment at Fort Sumner.{{cite book|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music|chapter=Overview|pages=366–373|last=Heth|first=Charlotte}} The song's lyrics express the elation of the Navajo people on the occasion of their return to their homeland.
The word {{spell-nv|hózhǫ́}} (beauty), a major concept in Navajo spirituality, is used throughout the song.{{cite web|title=Navajo Songs from the Cayon De Chelly liner notes|url=http://www.newworldrecords.org/linernotes/80406.pdf|website=New World Records|publisher=New World Records|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212211559/http://www.newworldrecords.org/linernotes/80406.pdf|archivedate=2012-02-12}}
Lyrics
{{Verse translation
|Ahala ahalago naashá ghą
Shí naashá ghą, shí naashá ghą,
Shí naashá lágo hózhǫ’ la.
Shí naashá ghą, shí naashá ghą,
Shí naashá, ladee hózhǫ’ǫ’ lá.
|I am going in freedom
I am going, I am going,
I am going in beauty.
I am going, I am going,
I am going, beauty is all around me.}}
References
- {{cite book
|editor-last = Koskoff
|editor-first = Ellen
|id = {{ISBN|0-8240-4944-6}}
|publisher = Garland Publishing
|title = Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada
|year = 2000
}}
Notes
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Category:Southwestern Indian music
Category:Anthems of non-sovereign states
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