boas] songs 1303 



Song of Menmenleqelas, in Answer to the Preceding Song 



1. Yeyaahayeya! Stop, friends, and let us listen to the song 



that my dear sings for me, the one whom I am leaving so 

 cruelly. 



2. Ye yaa ha ye ya! Stop, friends, and let us listen to the weep- 



ing of my dear, my true-love, my dear ! 



3. Ye yaa ha ye ya! Whence, O friends! comes the sound of the 



one who is crying for me, my dear, my- true-love, my dear ? 



4. Ye yaa ha ye ya ! friends ! she whom I left behind is crying 



for me, my true-love, my true-love, my dear. 



5. Ye yaa ha ye ya! Don't long for me! For you I am working, 



my true-love, for whom I pine, my dear, my true-love, Tay dear. 



Song of Menmenleqelas, in Answer to the Preceding Song 



1. Ye yaa ha ye ya. Gwahas ^ne^nEmox" qahans hoLElexa 



Ye yaa ha ye ya. Stop friends that we listen 



sayag'tmlfila qaha nogwa ahan g'iyahaxEn wayadayowa 



to the singing for me my dear left cruelly 



xEhEn g'iyaha. 



by me my dear. 



2. Ye yaa ha ye ya. Gwahas ^ne^nEmox" qahans hoLElexaya 



Ya yaa ha ya ya. Stop friends that we listen to the 



q!wa-yala qaha nogwa ahan g'iyahaxEii alan laxOlaxEhEn 



sound of cry- tor me my dear my true- love 



ing 



g-iyaha. 



my dear. 



3. Ye yaa ha ye ya. ^ya ^wiheyaqEnwedze ^ne^nEm5x"xaha 



Ye yaa ha ye ha. Oh whence great friends 



q!wa^yala qaha nogwa ahEn g'iyahaxEn Man laxulaxEhEu 



the sound of for me my dear my true- love 



crying 



g-iyaha. 



ray dear. 



4. Ye yaa ha ye ya. ^ya, hek'asxol ^ne^nEmox"k'ahas yaha 



Ye yaa ha ye ya. Oh indeed it is she friends 



q !wa^yala XEhEn hodEmaEDLEn silan laxulaxEhEn g-iyaha. 



who is crying whom I leave behind my true- love my dear. 



5. Ye yaa ha ye ya. Gwailahas xulsayaxg'In; somex' eaxElag'i- 



Ye yaa ha ye ya. Do not long for me you are the reason for 



heitsxEn &lan laxfllaxEhEn, ts !EX"ilaxEhEn g'iyaxEn klsm 



my working true my love my sickness my dear true my 



laxulaxEhEn g'iyaha. 



love my dear. 



