Voices of the Ancients 3

[Intro – Whispered Ancestral Drone + Wind Flute] (Hoosh…) Nihimá… Vāyuḥ śāntiḥ, Djäka mirr, Gǀkxʼa gǁāxʼa… [Verse 1 – Layered Chant + Low Drum + Jaw Harp Pulse] Yá’át’ééh — śāntiḥ — Warray, — ǃGui — , Earth, breath, fire, wave Nihima — Ātman — Djalkiri — !Nani , We speak not words, but root. [Bridge – Didgeridoo + Spoken Echo in Circle] (Shadow returns, not to harm, but to dance with our bones…) Gǃȍǎ, Ṇaḍaḥ, Marrkapmi, Bá hooghan yáhoot’éé’. [Verse 2 – Slow Harmony + Rhythmic Rocking Motion + Frame Drum] Fire is not cruel — it remembers. Jīvanaṁ — Gurrutu — Ahehee’ Old songs rise in our chests, sung before names had meaning. [Chorus – Unified Echo Call + Rising Drum] We are root, We are stone, We are sky, We are bone — (Ancient voices, circle home…) [Outro – Whispered Layers + Shaker + Flute Fade] Nihimá — Vāk — Djalkiri — ǁXegwi, We listen now, And remember.