314 THE PIMA INDIANS [eth. a.nx. 26 



Nahakia NyiiI, Mouse Song 



[By Virsak Val-I] 



I 



Halapita nyuitaraokam ofiiiga "^hilwavat tatamaiya limunatci hvana 



Sometliing ' Iniiccessiljle birfi here top wiilkiHK li'iitliers 



kuviuy kainhikiinu am tgai kukiAakai tatai luiimatcuka tconyopiny 



wave sounding there you stand up head slow 



kaihama. (Repeat; then repeat twice from *) 



listen. 



II 



Vanyiiigi rsahingu hyatata vinaka tcunytrwutu rsarasinu vamhoikimu 



I am pitiable here we flooded land bases caving in 



haya-ava hanyi supunyu, kamova siyalika iiaifonyima haya-ava hanyi 



cry see afraid. there before east came out "cry see 



supunyu kamova hondonyika nait'onyima hayava hanyi ssupunyu. 



afraid there west direction came 'out cry see afraid. 



(Repeat) 



Trdiislation 



Wings of birds invisible 



Are now fliitteriiiu; aliove you. 

 Yoti stand with face uplifted 



And quietly listen there. 



Our land was unfortunate; 



The floods came rolling westward, 

 Then they came flowing eastward, 



And I cried out much afraid. 



ToCFU Nvni, Hare Song 



[By Virsak V41-1] 



I 



Rsursu[ tcotanyuk nyuhutu, * r,sursu[ tcotanyuk nyuhuta: hiya nvi 



straight danced 'singing, straight dance'd "singing: hc're me 



tamai yuwuli mutakimu-u. (Repeat all; then repeat twice from*) 



top wind roaring, 



II 



Kakai tcotanyuk nyuhuta, *kakai tcotanyuk nyuhuta; hiya nyi 



Horizontal danced "singing, horizontal danc'ed 'singing; here nie 



tamai tcuvafigi muttikiniu-u. (Repeat as above) 



top clouds roaring, 



Traiislullun 



Hare is jumiiingand singing; 



Hare is iunijaiig and .-iinging. 

 While the wind is roaring, 



While the wind is roaring. 



Hare is dancing and singing; 



Hare is dancing and singing. 

 While the clouds are roaring, 



While the clouds are roaring. 



