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 />
sound | are going to. | Now | for it | crying | moving about seated.<br />
Ha-ila' gîthû'na gadjû'gAn.<br />
Stop crying, | great chief's child | child of noble family sits<br />
Hai hai gîthû'na' gadjû'gAn.<br />
Now, | now, | great chief's child | child of noble family sits.<br />
Ha-ilä' gîdona'; 1 ha-ilä' gîdona'.<br />
Stop crying, | chief's child; | stop crying, | chief's child.<br />
Hao îsî'ñ hî'ñ Lgua â gîtsîs gua'gAna'-i hao dAn gAn<br />
Again | I do not expect | chief's child's | heavy planks | you | for<br />
qî'ñgao dîa'o lîna'gûs. Ha-i wA'gî[ñ] gagîña'n<br />
are going | to lay | are going to. | Now | for it | crying<br />
galgâ'lwañ<br />
moving about seated.<br />
Ha-ila' gîthû'na gadjû'gAn.<br />
Stop crying, | great chief's child | child of noble family sits<br />
Hai hai gîthû'na' gadjû'gAn.<br />
Now, | now, | great chief's child | child of noble family sits.<br />
Stop crying, child! Stop crying child!<br />
I do not expect that drums will sound for you, the chief's child, again, for which you are moving about crying.<br />
Stop crying, great chief's child!<br />
Stop crying, great chief's child!<br />
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Stop crying, child! Stop crying, child!<br />
I do not expect that they are going to lay heavy planks for you, the chief's child, again, for which you are moving about crying.<br />
Stop crying, great chief's child!<br />
Stop crying, great chief's child! 1<br />
28:1 Ha-ilä' gîdona' is equivalent to Lâ'na gut u'lda nAñgida's.<br />
29:1 All this refers to polatching and house-building.<br />
Footnotes<br />
Ha dîdaxui'+gî'+ anA'ñ xAñgô' lAndjî'+wa'+s la+.<br />
Towards the woods | some one | facing | sitting down (like common people) |he (who was sitting).<br />
Dja Lana' q!o'guga+ô+.<br />
Say, | stop | telling lies.<br />
DAñ siwulAndjû'gâ'+sga+[ha] djigA'ldAxwañ gî+djhao.<br />
Your | mouth will be crooked | mosquito (i. e., common people) | people.<br />
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