Haida Songs: Title Page

Haida Songs: Title Page
Dî qê'ndAldigoasî' Lû qî'ñgets nâ'ga-i [a] gut gAn aq!ê'da
You | are of the great people | since | chief's | house | each (near) other | carving
qînskitsgâ'dias.
large toward the east (or seaward).
DalA'ñ yA'ta gadA'ldiasañ.
You | a yA'ta | are going to be.
Only you are going to be a yA'ta.
Only you are going to be a yA'ta.
You will fill up your grandfather's town seaward with property.
Since you are of the great people, your chief's houses will have large carvings seaward.
You are going to be a yA'ta.
9:4 One of high family, who wants for nothing.
WAgaña'ñ gê'il+dia+ñ,
Like it | it has become,
WAgaña'ñ gê'il+dia+ñ,
Like it | it has become,
Gadô'+ GalgA'lda-kun gadô' daLgî'sLdiañ.
Around | GalgA'lda point | around | lots of canoes are coming.
WAgaña'ñ gê'il+dia+ñ,
Like it | it has become,
WAgaña'ñ gê'il+dia+ñ,
Like it | it has become.
Now it has come to pass,
Now it has come to pass.
Plenty of canoes are coming around Point GalgA'lda 1 (to potlatches).
Now it has come to pass,
Now it has come to pass.
10:1 A point of land southwest of Skedans village.
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