130 THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY [eth.ann. £2 



Tr(tnKlaiion <if Tliird Shuiza 



588 Ho-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 



589 Resluiru rira rislia. 



Reshuru, the Dawn, 

 i-ira, coming toward one. 



risha, something scarcely to be seen because of its distance; 

 it eludes, seems to appear and then to disappear. 

 590, 5!tl, d'.)2 See line 589. 



Ea'pJunatUm by ihe Ku nihus 



As we sing this stanza we are still standing at the we.st of the 

 lodge, looking through the long passageway toward the east. Now 

 in the distance we see the Dawn approaching; it is coming, coming 

 along the path of the Morning Star. It is a long path and as the 

 Dawn advances along this path sometimes we catch sight of it and 

 then again we lose it, hut all the time it is coming nearer. 



The Dawn is new born, its breath has sent new life everywhere, all 

 things stir with the life Tira'wa atius has given this child, his child, 

 whose mother is the Night. 



We sing this stanza four times. 



Tnuislation of Fourth Stanza 



h'X) IIo-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 

 5'.)4 Reshuru ta ahrisha. 



Reshuru, the Dawn, 

 ta, approaching, coming. 



ahrisha, coming nearer but only to disappear. The Dawn 

 comes nearer, grows brighter, but disappears in the 

 brighter light of day. 

 595, 596, 597 See line 591. 



E.v phi nation htj the Ku'rahus 



As we stand, looking through the long j)assageway of the lodge, 

 watching and singing, we see the Dawn come nearer and nearer; its 

 brightness fills the sky, the shadowy forms on the earth are becoming 

 visible. As we watch, the Dawn, like the Morning Star, recedes. It 

 is following the star, going back to the place whence it came, to its 

 birthplace. 



The day is close behind, advancing along the path of the Morning 

 Star and the Dawn, and, as we watch, the Dawn vanishes from our 

 sight. 



Wc sing this song four times. 



