RissHLLl CIRCLING SONGS 289 



XII 



Yaviihinu' ysivuhiiuL' yiivahi. (Repeat) 



Yavahiniu yavalii. 



Yavahiim yavahiniu yavamhr. (Repeat) 



Yavahiniu yuvanihu. 



Nafiu suku Ma-akai tai\vonyi:k ivavandai paimitco yavahiniu 



I guess that [ ] arose runniiip shield ' (".') 



yavahiniu yavahiniu yavalii, naiiu suka Ilivayoiiii taiwonyuk 



(?) ' (■') ' (?) I guess tliiit [ " ) arose 



rsiinyitcuki niulitco, yavahiniu yavauihu. 



club make run, ' (?) ' (?) 



Translation 



Yavahiniu, yavahimr, yavalii! 



Yavahimu, yavaliimi', yavahi! 

 Ma-akahi rose and ran with Iiis s-liieM; 



Hivayomi rose and ran with liis club. 



CIRCLING SONGS" 



Pa-ak Nvai, Eaole Song 

 [romposed by VArsd Akam, Rat-Back. Told by Ki-iwa] 



Accompanied by dancing and the l>eating of baskets. The dancers 

 move in a circle made up of men and women alternately. "It looks 

 bad for two men to be toffether." 



Tarsaii craraai yononyimuta kun(d)a iniinanahiwoakai tamaikfi 



Sun there go down in sit there 



pahaka nyunyui kop iyu rsanawoitco. (Repeat) 



Eagle * song^ yon here commence. 



Makai ki tava worsanyhu kanio nyi paitci teuwu^u katcimhu. 



Magician hon.se arises before me in front land lays. 



Taniaiku pahaka nyunyui kop iyu rsanawoitco. (Repeat) 



There Eagle songs * you here commence. 



Translation 



As the Sun sinks to the westward 



We begin .-iinging the eagle songs. 

 The home of the magician rises, 



Standing before me in the land. 

 We begin singing the eagle songs. 



1 .SifcAlhIm Nyil; called also Basket-beating songs, Hoa RsfirsClna. 

 26 ETH— 08 21 



