Haida Songs: Title Page

Haida Songs: Title Page
Hao gî'na gA+n dAñ îdjagâ'djî'was ê'dji.
This | thing | for | you | sitting as a boy | are.
Hao gî'na gA+n dAñ îdjagâ'djî'was ê'dji.
This | thing | for | you | sitting as a boy | are.
NAñkî'lSLas agA'ñ î'ndaLxagâ'gAnî.
NAñkî'lSLas | himself | made a human being.
Skîls nagâ'ga kûskî'ndias ê'dji, wA'stA Q!aku'ngwi
Property in the house | was, | from it | Rose Spit towards
ga-ilgaga'ñ dA'ñal Ldjûdal.
his flood | with | tidal wave went.
Gwa-isku'n xâ'-idAga-i xA'nhao dAñ nâ'ga lkiä'sigei
North Island | people | even | your | house | towards the door
gut gunL!gA'ndias ê'djî.
are as many as when waves meet each other and are packed close together.
Hao gî'na gA+n dAñ îdjagâ'djî'was ê'dji.
This | thing | for | you | sitting as a boy | are.
This is why you are a boy
This is why you are a boy
NAñkî'lSLas has become a human being.
From the property in his house a flood went towards Rose Spit.
Even from North Island the people are crowded into your house, as when waves meet and are packed together.
That is why you are a boy. 1
5.
Footnotes
8:1 The child is born to give these great potlatches. His property is likened to the flood raised in the time of NAñkî'lSLas, and it is said that people will crowd into his
house even from North Island.
A+ya+ña'+ ayâ'ñê â'+yañô.
Be careful, | be careful, | be careful.
La hao îldja'oga+n.
He | is a nobleman.
p. 9
I'+lgiañ wAga'ñ(añ) kû'+skî+twas sê+ Lû tcî'nañ qôniga'-i
(Face) changed | like it | will be wherever your place is | his grand-father | powerful
gî a la qealdî+ga.
for | he looks expectantly.
Ayâ'ñô a o îldja'oga+n.
file:///I|/mythology/american indian/36/36.html (6 of 54) [01/24/2004 9:01:12 AM]
6.