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  societies 
  

  

  Fourth 
  Song 
  — 
  Man's 
  Life 
  is 
  Transitory 
  

   (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  475 
  

  

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  Mo" 
  - 
  zho" 
  sho 
  D 
  -ge 
  - 
  te 
  tho 
  mo"- 
  zho" 
  slio" 
  - 
  ge 
  - 
  te 
  tho 
  be 
  

  

  -P" 
  ' 
  

  

  tho 
  mo" 
  - 
  zho° 
  sho" 
  ge 
  - 
  te 
  tlio 
  he 
  

  

  tho 
  

  

  Sho" 
  

  

  sho"- 
  ge 
  

  

  Mo^zho" 
  sho"gete 
  tho 
  

   Mo 
  "zho" 
  sho 
  n 
  gete 
  tho 
  he 
  tho 
  

   Ho"thi"ge 
  de 
  sho"gete 
  tho 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  zho" 
  sho"gete 
  tho 
  

   Mo"zho 
  n 
  sho"gete 
  tho 
  he 
  tho 
  

   Sho 
  n 
  gete 
  tho 
  he 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  : 
  Mo 
  n 
  zho 
  n 
  , 
  the 
  land, 
  the 
  scene 
  i 
  >ne 
  beholds 
  ; 
  sho 
  n 
  gete, 
  

   shall 
  long 
  endure; 
  tho 
  he 
  tho, 
  oratorical 
  end 
  of 
  sentence; 
  Jio 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  de, 
  

   when 
  I 
  am 
  gone. 
  

  

  This 
  admonitory 
  song 
  was 
  explained 
  as 
  follows: 
  "The 
  natural 
  fear 
  

   of 
  death 
  that 
  is 
  in 
  every 
  individual 
  sometimes 
  so 
  overpowers 
  a 
  man 
  

   that 
  in 
  a 
  time 
  of 
  danger 
  he 
  may 
  lose 
  self-control 
  and 
  abandon 
  to 
  their 
  

   fate 
  those 
  whom 
  he 
  is 
  in 
  duty 
  bound 
  to 
  protect. 
  To 
  drive 
  away 
  the 
  

   fear 
  of 
  death 
  and 
  to 
  vitalize 
  the 
  courage 
  so 
  necessary 
  to 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  

   by 
  nature 
  and 
  by 
  tribal 
  law 
  is 
  obligated 
  to 
  protect 
  his 
  family 
  and 
  the 
  

   families 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  the 
  example 
  of 
  men 
  who 
  had 
  hazarded 
  their 
  

   lives 
  in 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  duty 
  was 
  held 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  society; 
  the 
  

   members 
  were 
  persistently 
  taught 
  that 
  man's 
  life 
  is 
  transitory, 
  and 
  

   being 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  useless 
  to 
  harbor 
  the 
  fear 
  of 
  death, 
  for 
  death 
  must 
  come 
  

   sooner 
  or 
  later 
  to 
  everybody; 
  man 
  and 
  all 
  living 
  creatures 
  come 
  into 
  

   existence, 
  pass 
  on, 
  and 
  are 
  gone, 
  while 
  the 
  mountains 
  and 
  rivers 
  

   remain 
  ever 
  the 
  same 
  — 
  these 
  alone 
  of 
  all 
  visible 
  things 
  abide 
  un- 
  

   changed. 
  The 
  song 
  represents 
  the 
  Hethu'shka 
  as 
  saying: 
  'I 
  shall 
  

   vanish 
  and 
  be 
  no 
  more 
  but 
  the 
  land 
  over 
  which 
  I 
  now 
  roam 
  shall 
  

   remain 
  and 
  change 
  not.' 
  " 
  

  

  