Acie tiŋ ë Makuëi ë kään eei, ɣɛn bï daai ë tiŋ ë Makuëi. An cï kör ë nyan yith ë ɣööt nïïm cï aŋau. Acie tiŋ ë Makuei, yen ee kë ye moc e puɔ̈l bï lɔ dhuk bei. Acie tiŋ ë Makuëi ë kään eei, ɣɛn bï daai ë tiŋ ë Makuëi. An cï kör ë nyan yith ë ɣööt nïïm cï aŋau. Acie tiŋ ë Makuei, yen ee kë ye moc e puɔ̈l bï lɔ dhuk bei, Makuei. Aɣer-yɔl kïn ajal miööt ajam ë ye meth, këde gäi abeer root looi! Nɔŋ mɛnh ë dhiëth ë Makuëi? Adiit ë jac, dhaŋ ee rëët ë Makuëi nom, Aɣer-yɔl kïn ajal miööt ajam ë ye meth, këde gäi abeer root looi! Nɔŋ mɛnh ë dhiëth ë Makuëi? Repetition... This is not Makuei's wife, eei! I shall observe Makuei's wife. I don't want a girl who climbs on roofs (ceilings) like a cat. She is not Makuei's wife, that is why the other man has divorced her, to return to her family. This is not Makuei's wife, eei! I shall observe Makuei's wife. I don't want a girl who climbs on roofs (ceilings) like a cat. She is not Makuei's wife, that is why the other man has divorced her, to return to her family. The ox lies in the centre of Yool's family cattle camp. My Makuei is being controlled with a gun.The gun rattles, the bullet passes over Makuei's head. Here is a white-tail, claiming that she is still a child, a miracle happening again! Is there a child who can give birth to Makuei? The metal goes ratat-tat, the bullet pass over Makuei's head.Here is a white-tail, claiming that she is child, a miracle happening again! Is there a child who can give birth to Makuei? Repetition... Makuei is Bol's ox, completely black in colour but with a white patch on the forehead. In Dinka culture, a newly wed is dedicated to the most prominent ox or bull among the cattle given in bride price. Therefore, Makuei is responsible for Bol's wife, hence the dedication. For a girl to qualify for such a bride price, she must be a virgin and must have no social defect e.g. habits such as stealing (climbing the roofs like a cat). Perhaps, this girl (in the song) might have been Bol's former girlfriend, who is probably now attempting a comeback to divorce. In Dinka culture, a newly wed is dedicated to the most prominent ox or bull among the cattle given in bride price. Therefore, Makuei is responsible for Bol's wife, hence the dedication... The major role of having guns in the cattle camps is to project cattle such as Makuei, but when a bull or an ox becomes unruly, a gun can be used to scare it and it obey the instructions. Like a biblical Nicodemus, Bol is wondering how a married woman can come back and be married like a young girl (child) again, until she gives birth to Makuei. In Dinka, culture dictates that the first child be named after a bull or an ox given in bride price, if a male, and vice versa. White-tail: a once married woman who has divorced and regained a girl status. Repetition...