Текст песни: George Catlin and the Mandan Chief + перевод

An artist came

To capture

What could not remain

Mandan’s village

On the upper Missouri

Earthen wigwams

With the grasses all around

Hunter warriors

So long as bison could be found

And some had blue eyes

And long silver hair

Glowing twilight

Of this ancient way of life

Te Ho Pe Ne Wah She

The likeness of the Mandan’s chief

Was recognized with disbelief

Excited curiosity

Of the entire village at once

The markings of the brush and hand

They could not understand

A powerful new medicine

Awe and fear of the unknown dangerous

The women made a tremolo

To mourn the partial death of their chief

For in their minds the painting

Was a living part of the man

Captured by the magician

Te Ho Pe Ne Wah She

A man who can make a living person

Simply by staring at them

Could perhaps destroy this life

In the same way

The likeness of the Mandan’s chief

Was recognized with disbelief

Captured by the magician

Te Ho Pe Ne Wah She

Mandans as your life was taken

Visions how it used to be

Mandans driven to extinction

Paintings for our eyes to see

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