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  \u"xthe 
  the 
  te 
  hithakia"te 
  thu"ahide 
  

   \u"xthe 
  the 
  te 
  hithakiu"te 
  thu 
  n 
  ahide 
  

   Nu 
  n 
  xthe 
  the 
  te 
  hithakiu"te 
  thu'ahide 
  

   Nu 
  n 
  xthe 
  the 
  te 
  hithakin"te 
  thu"ahide 
  

   Nu 
  n 
  xthe 
  the 
  te 
  hithakiu"(c 
  thu"ahide 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  NvPxthe, 
  charcoal; 
  the 
  te, 
  this 
  standing 
  before 
  

   me; 
  hiihakiuHe, 
  to 
  paint 
  or 
  decorate 
  himself 
  with; 
  thu 
  n 
  ahide, 
  I 
  

   wearily 
  wait, 
  or 
  wait 
  until 
  I 
  am 
  weary. 
  

  

  Fret 
  translation 
  

  

  Before 
  an- 
  Btands, 
  awaiting 
  my 
  touch, 
  coal-black 
  paint, 
  

   Heavy 
  black 
  clouds 
  filling 
  all 
  the 
  sk> 
  o'er 
  our 
  head. 
  

   Upon 
  oar 
  faces 
  qoti 
  we 
  pal 
  the 
  black, 
  coal-black 
  cloud. 
  

  

  Honoring 
  war, 
  wearying 
  for 
  the 
  fight, 
  warriors' 
  tight, 
  

   Waiting 
  to 
  go 
  where 
  the 
  Thunder 
  leads 
  warriors 
  mi. 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  were 
  not 
  intended 
  to 
  convey 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  the 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  were 
  literally 
  tired 
  of 
  waiting 
  for 
  the 
  wood 
  to 
  char 
  in 
  order 
  

   that 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  painting 
  mighl 
  take 
  place, 
  but 
  rather 
  that 
  the 
  

   desire 
  for 
  action 
  was 
  so 
  strong 
  within 
  the 
  warrior's 
  breast 
  that 
  he 
  

   was 
  weary 
  of 
  the 
  restraint, 
  of 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  opportunity 
  that 
  withheld 
  

   him 
  from 
  heroic 
  deeds 
  of 
  war. 
  The 
  music 
  expresses 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  