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Eekʼanbʼil li yaal qabʼaan
Rikʼin kʼoxlak saʼ chʼoolej
1. Eekʼanbʼil li yaal qabʼaan;
Ut nakʼutbʼesink chiqu.
Wi rahobʼtesink nawan,
Ra saʼ xbʼeen li naxbʼaanu.
Mexjitok laaʼex ajwiʼ,
Re inkʼaʼ jitbʼilaqex.
Saʼ li bʼis xexbʼisok wiʼ,
Texbʼiseʼq ajwiʼ laaʼex.
[Chorus]
Kʼam qabʼe, at Kolonel,
Junpakʼal saʼ hilobʼaal
Bʼar qochbʼeenaqebʼ li anjel
Tatqaloqʼoni rajlal.
2. Li Jesus kixye junxil,
“We laaʼin raqok aatin.”
Wi tinsikʼ lix loqʼalil,
Chinrahebʼ li was wiitzʼin.
Kaʼajwiʼ saʼ yalok qʼe
Tooʼabʼinq chiru chi yaal.
Ak xintaw li laatzʼil bʼe
Wi ninra li wech alal.
[Chorus]
Kʼam qabʼe, at Kolonel,
Junpakʼal saʼ hilobʼaal
Bʼar qochbʼeenaqebʼ li anjel
Tatqaloqʼoni rajlal.
3. Re li was wiitzʼin chankin:
“Saʼ laa wu jun mul nawil.
Wi chi yaal aakomonin,
Kanabʼin chirisinkil.”
Xmoynak ru saʼ wilobʼaal,
Ut inkʼaʼ kiru chiwu.
Naq xinsikʼ kʼaʼru xyaalal,
Wan tzʼambʼa chi saʼ li wu.
[Chorus]
Kʼam qabʼe, at Kolonel,
Junpakʼal saʼ hilobʼaal
Bʼar qochbʼeenaqebʼ li anjel
Tatqaloqʼoni rajlal.
4. Wi ninra li was wiitzʼin,
Ut lix mul nawaj xsachbʼal,
Taaʼajmanq tzʼaqal saqen,
Xsaʼ li ru kʼaʼjoʼ xqʼunal.
Wan ani li xinchʼiila
Xmaak jun chʼina mul saʼ ru.
Naweekʼa bʼan lin tzʼambʼa—
Risihaq raj xyaʼal li wu.
[Chorus]
Kʼam qabʼe, at Kolonel,
Junpakʼal saʼ hilobʼaal
Bʼar qochbʼeenaqebʼ li anjel
Tatqaloqʼoni rajlal.
5. Li rahok nakʼirtesin,
Ut naxkʼe xsaqal li qu.
Naq xwil xmaak li was wiitzʼin,
Moko us ta xinbʼaanu.
Maakʼaʼaq chik xkʼoxlankil;
Joʼ li Kolonel tinra.
Yal bʼabʼay li mul nawil—
Tinkʼoxla bʼan lin tzʼambʼa.
[Chorus]
Kʼam qabʼe, at Kolonel,
Junpakʼal saʼ hilobʼaal
Bʼar qochbʼeenaqebʼ li anjel
Tatqaloqʼoni rajlal.
Raatinul: Eliza R. Snow, 1804–1887; xsumenkil li bʼich xbʼaan laj M. E. Abbey
Xyaabʼal: Charles Davis Tillman, 1861–1943