LA FI.ESCHE] 



NI -KI WI -GI-ES 



297 



SONGS OF TRIUMPH 



Song 1 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



A - 



rrr ' ' r 



wa-to he-wa - to he wa, A -wa- to he - wa-to he wa, A - 



ite 



^1^ 



tt3: 



dr- 



=1=3: 



^^^ 



r r 



wa - to he -wa 



rr r 



to . 



he wa, A - wa - to he - wa - to 



A-wa-to he-wa-to he wa, 

 A-wa-to he-wa-to he wa, 

 A-wa-to he-wa-to he wa, 

 A-wa-to he-wa-to a. 



The words composing the title may be analyzed thus; Wa-tsi', a 

 meaningless word save to one well versed in the rites, when it becomes 

 W!i-tse', triumph; a-dsi, there; Wa-tho", Song. All four hues of the 

 song have the same words, as follows; A, I; wa-to'. In ordinary 

 usage the word would be wa-tse. triumph, but in the song it is veiled 

 under the meaningless term wa-to. 



The burden of the second song is the same as that of the first and 

 the words may be given the same interpretation, but to it are added 

 words of praise of the Xo'-ka and the Sho'-ka for the parts they took 

 in the initiation. The first two lines of each of the two stanzas, the 

 rest being repetitions, may be freely translated thus; 



Song 2 



MM. J = 96 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



^mi 



Time beats I 



ilz 



He - wa 



f r • r 



to he - wa - to 



r 



tho ha 



Xo - ka 



r 



hi - wa 



he 



=?=^ 



^ 



it 



4i 



r ' * ' r r 



the. He - wa - to he - wa - to tho ha Xo - ka 



r r 



hi wa - he 



i 



fe 





i " 



the,He -^wa - to he - wa - to tho ha 



He-wa-to he-wa-to tho ha Xo-ka hi-wa he the. 

 He-wa-to he-wa-to tho ha Xo-ka hi wa-he the, 

 He-wa-to he-wa-to tho ha Xo-ka he-wa he the 



Xo-ka he-wu he the. 



