Haida Songs: Title Page
Haida Songs: Title Page
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<strong>Haida</strong> <strong>Songs</strong>: <strong>Title</strong> <strong>Page</strong><br />
20:1 This refers to the marriage customs.<br />
AgA'ñ lê++dî'gô+, AgA'ñ lê++dî'gô+, Lgalai'gûl djîna's.<br />
Get ready (for him), | get ready (for him), | Lgalai'gûl | women of.<br />
Î'sîñ î'dja kûdjû'diañ ê'++ya a î'ldjao î ai+ + î'ldjao.<br />
Again | it is a boy, | here nobleman, | nobleman.<br />
Get ready for him, get ready for him, 2 women of the Lgalai'gûl 3 family.<br />
Again it is a boy. 4<br />
20:2 That is, to marry him.<br />
20:3 An extinct branch of the Gî'tîns of Skidegate.<br />
20:4 Indicating that boys were scarce.<br />
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Giä'Lû Xâ'na qâ'li, giä'lû Xâ'na qâ'li,<br />
At the time | Skidegate | Inlet, | at the time | Skidegate | Inlet,<br />
DA'ñliai dâ L!da'ogo-ulaiya,<br />
To swell up | you | burst (on that day),<br />
Sgalê îstâ'ûli kî'lsLa-i (four times).<br />
Secret Society | having one day [or morning], | chief.<br />
Ga-i lA î'stâ-ûl kî'lsLa-i (four times).<br />
That | do one day (again), | chief.<br />
Ga'odjaos ga'-ila îstâ'ûl kî'lsLa-i.<br />
Drum (town) | at that place | do it some day, | chief.<br />
Skidegate Inlet, Skidegate Inlet.<br />
When you burst with swelling,<br />
You had the Secret Society perform one day, chief.<br />
Do it again, chief!<br />
Do it one day at Drum Town, chief! 2<br />
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Footnotes<br />
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Footnotes<br />
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