Haida Songs: Title Page
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<strong>Haida</strong> <strong>Songs</strong>: <strong>Title</strong> <strong>Page</strong><br />
Â'hao lîñ kûdjû'diañ<br />
For that | he is going to be<br />
Gûs lîñ kûdjû'diañ, gûs lîñ kûdjû'diañ?<br />
What | are you for, | what | are you for?<br />
Sgâ'na lî'ñga-i kûdjû'diañ.<br />
Supernatural power | you are going to have | (you) are there for.<br />
What are you for, what are you for?<br />
You are to have a supernatural helper.<br />
What are you for, what are you for?<br />
You will not let canoes pass in front of you. 1<br />
That is what you are for.<br />
What are you for, what are you for?<br />
You are to have a supernatural helper.<br />
Footnotes<br />
12:1 If people of low family passed close in front of chiefs' houses in their canoes, they might be injured or enslaved.<br />
K!ûstî'ñ gwalî'ñasi, k!ûstî'ñ gwalî'ñasi, wâ'ga qâ'dji la<br />
Two if there were, two if there were, their heads I<br />
dagaga'olîñasi.<br />
would keep.<br />
K!ûstî'ñ gwalî'ñasi, k!ûstî'ñ gwalî'ñasi, wâ'ga qâ'dji la<br />
Two if there were, two if there were, their heads I<br />
dagaga'olîñasi.<br />
would keep.<br />
If there were two (boys), if there were two, I would keep their heads.<br />
If there were two (boys), if there were two, I would keep their heads. 2<br />
12.<br />
Footnotes<br />
12:2 As a mother received property from the parents of the girl her son married, she would have received more if she had had two sons. Mothers who did not make<br />
these gifts were laughed at.<br />
p. 13<br />
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(For Girls.)
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