LAFLDSCHB] BITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. IgQ 



Song 2. 

 (Osage version, p. 445; literal translation, p. .577.) 

 M M J - 113 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher. 



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No" -be o°-xo-dse u-wa-ni - ke no" ta - ko i"(ia ha. 



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No" -be o°-xo-dse u-wa- ni 



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ke no" ta- ko i" da ha, 



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E tho wa - da da 



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e tho wa na. 



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E tho wa - da da 



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e tho wa na the, 



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No" - be o"-xo-dse u-wa- ni - ke no" ta-koi"daha. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

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Sacred is the act by which my hands are browned, 

 It is the act by which I oiTer my praver. 



Sacred is the act by which my hands are blackened, 

 It is the act by which I offer my prayer. 



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Sacred is the act by which my face is lirowned, 

 It is the act by which I offer my prayer. 



Sacred is the act by which my face is blackened, 

 It is the act by which I offer my prayer. 



5. 



Sacred is the light of day that falls upon my face, 

 The day on which my prayers are finished. 



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