Introduction-E
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Introduction-E
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taima qaqqsaut tusaatuinnaramigit uqautillunigit<br />
”nijjaatuinnappannaq tautuliqtitaugumagama, ijiikkaukua<br />
tautuliqtitaugumagaluaqtunga” taimailimmagguuq asuilaaguuq<br />
taima tusaqsaunngilauqtuni qajaruuq tulattuq tusaqsauttaqpuq.<br />
He listened to the loons and he told them, “Don’t just make sounds. I want help to be<br />
able to see... my eyes... I want to be able to see.” Later, he said that there was total silence<br />
for a while and then he heard a qajaq coming to shore.<br />
tusarmagu taimaguuq sikunngiqujaugami, aluttuqtaulimmatik<br />
aannirnaqtummarialuulluniguuq (qaqqsaunilaak uqangit<br />
kigutiqallaatturuluummata, piattianngittut)<br />
Then he heard something asking him to close his eyes; then it started licking his eyes.<br />
The pain was excruciating. (The tongue of the loon seems like it has teeth; it’s rough.)<br />
alutturiimmaguguuq uittailiqulluniuguuq, taima taununga<br />
pisuppalulirmat uigalaakkamiguuq taunnaguuq tununga<br />
miqquqanngittuq taima sikunngisaaqtuni.<br />
When it finished licking his eyes, it told him not to open his eyes. He heard the sound<br />
of it walking away, and even though he was asked not to, he took a little peek and saw<br />
it did not have any hair on its back. Then he shut his eyes.<br />
taima saavimmat ammaguuq sikunngiqujaummimmat<br />
sikunngirami aannirnaniqsammarialuulluniguuq<br />
aluttulirmimmat.<br />
When another qajaq came to shore, again he was asked to close his eyes; and it was even<br />
more painful than before.<br />
asuilaak uiqummagu, uiliqtuq. asuilaaguuq takurujuttuni<br />
taututtianngikkaluaqtuni. takummangaat apirimmat, ii<br />
tautugaluaruuq kisiani suurlu tassiqtuq, pujuuqtuq.<br />
Then it asked him to open his eyes. He could see a bit but not too well. “Can you see<br />
now?” it asked. He answered, “Yes, but it is foggy, blurry.”<br />
sikunngiqujaugami sikunngikkanniqpuq taanna aluttuqqaujuq<br />
qajamminunngaummat saavittuni aippangaguuq ammailaaguuq<br />
aannirnaqtummarialuummivuq alutturmimmagit ijingit.<br />
Again he was asked to close his eyes. Again he closed them, and the one who had just<br />
licked his eyes went to its qajaq, and another one came to shore. Again, it was just as<br />
painful when it licked his eyes.<br />
202 <strong>Introduction</strong> to the Oral Traditions