CiFLESCHE] KITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 71 



Wl'-GI-E. 



1. Ha! it was to the spider-like, 



2. They spake, saying: Tlie little ones have not hin g of which to 



make their bodies, O, my grandfather. 



3. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



4. The spider-like replied: The little ones shall make of me their 



bodies. 



5. Behold the parting of the waters as I push forth, 



6. Verily, it is the movement of the gods to make a way for me as 



I go forth. 



7. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



8. The gods shall make way for them also, as they go forth upon 



life's journey. 



2. 



The earth shall appear, it was said, 



The earth shall appear, it was said, 



Through the powers of the black-bean-like (water-beetle) , 



My grandfather, it shall appear, it was said. 



The earth shall appear, it was said. 



9. Ha! it was to the one that is like a black bean, 



10. They spake, saying: The little ones have nothing of which to 



make their bodies, O, my grandfather. 



11. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



12. The black-bean-like replied: The little ones have nothing of 



which to make their bodies, you say. 



13. The little ones shall make of me their bodies. 



14. Behold the parting of the waters as I push forth, 



15. Verily it is the movement of the gods to make way for me as I 



go forth. 



16. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



17. The gods shall make way for them also as they go forth upon 



life's journey. 



The earth shall appear, it was said. 



The earth shall appear, it was said, 



Through the powers of the whitleather-like (white leech), 



My grandfather, it shall appear, it was said, 



The earth shall appear, it was said. 



