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Song of Tsex^wid, Chief of the SenlIem (Traditional Song) 



1 1. Go on! Groat cause of fear, great means of causing fear, great 

 cause of terror, | great terror of the chiefs. Ya, hela, ha ! | 



2. Go on! Shout, oh, great Dzonoq!\va! Try to terrorize the | 



chiefs under my own great name, Great-One-causing-Collapse, 

 5 Great-One-causing-Weakness, || Great-Surpassing-One, Great- 



One-Farthest-Ahead, Great-Only-Face, Great-Highest Dzo- 

 noq !wa | among the chiefs. Hela, ha ! Where is the one who 

 is continually | tormented by me, who is made a spealier by me ? 

 Hela, ha ! I 



3. Do go on! Great LElaxtiodalal, great Amaxulal, my own great 



name | ^maxwalayilis, Going-up-from-the-beach, great Q!Qmx'- 

 lU Elag'ilis, great Ma^nakiila, || great GweyoltsEla, great Kwaxi- 



lanokume^, great TsExtsExwaUs, great TsEx^wId. | Wliere is 

 the one who is continually tormented by me, | who is made a 

 speaker by me? Hela, ha ! | 



4. Go on! Give away property at one time, that is given away in 



many parts, that is not given to everybody. | He tried first to 

 15 invite the great one who is invited by me. Hela || hehe hela!| 



Song of Tsex^wid, Chief of the SiiNL!EM (Traditional Song) 



1 1. Wag'adz4 k"ilEmdze k'ak'alE^ma^yodze ts!ats!EndEk'!ayodze ts!E- 

 dEg"Emgeledzes g'Ig'Egamaya helS. ha. 



2. Wfig'adza oxwadzeya Dzonoq!wadzeya tslEiidEk' !Elalxes g'lga- 



bEwa^yos (jiulexLEyadze wiil^edg'iladze ^yak'ax-idgiladze lie- 

 5 ^weyakilidze k^ !es^oyak"Llidze ^na^nEmsgEmedze dzonoq!wa- 



gilidzek'ats g'ig"Egamk"as^o hela ha. ^we^stadzEii 'yalasE^wa 

 momasasE^wa eyElkwIlasE^wa heli\ ha. 



3. Wagadza LElaxt!odalaldze Amaxfllaldze q!ulexLEyadze ^maxwa- 



lag ilidze G'ayosdeyadze Q!umx'Elagilidze Ma^nakuladze Gwe- 

 10 ^yoltsEladze Kwax'ilanokumedze TsExtsExwaledze TsEx^wIde- 



yadze. ^we^stadzEn ^yalasE^waxEn momasasE^waxEn momasasE- 

 ^waxEii eyElkwilasE^wa, hela ha. ' 



4. WagadzE^wa ^na^namgE-'waLa q !weq !wasE-wa q!wanagilayo we- 



yobag'ilayo wax'de gilgUis LelElaxg'EU LelalEwax"dzeg"a, hela 

 15 he he hela. 



