BCSSELL] RAIN SONGS 331 



III 



Harsanj yiiniainaiigu. * harsany yaniainaiijfu: kadomia 'woissimu 



Giiint ' ' riii-tus brr)kL'ii. giant cartas bnikt-n; then* i>iK-(l 



kudafit^i' naluma iniawoitafigu wuvutcimu j'ovaiya muniuhuk 



ill tluTo featlKTs drop laying ' raise higher 



Matcipant yailii. (Repeat as al)ove) 



Ma-atcpat close to. 



IV 



Hali puiigr kavanyuk vany puitcokimr itali yoof(i) kakayaku 



Small that rumljliiig I ' carrying this 'woman heard 



vaplkakarsa itany tatajan kokokana hotc hairsa, hairsa. 



they not sleep this on feet there points nail broke, broke. 



Tcokafii^i inamahang-a woisi, tcokangi niamahanga woisi; koiiyi 



Night branch tliri)wn night branch thrown I 



down. down, 



suka wutca miiigi worsa, konyisuka wutca mingi worsa nyahanu 



in under there gone past, "l in under there gone past my feathers 



uiaikomia. 



cut off. 



TVanslation 



The Safruaro lies there broken; 



Anil my fallen feathers rise 

 O'er the top of Table mountain. 



The boy stirred the rumbling stones; 



The woman heard and eiiuld not sleep. 

 And niy toe nails are broken. 



The branehes of darkness fell, 

 Cutting my feathers as I jiassed. 



RAIN SONGS 



Ho.\HIHIlF 



[By Ka'miil tkiik] 

 I 



Hi-ihiyanaiho-o; *NyunyuT ivsanatcona, hanyunyui fsSnatcona; 



('.') Song commence. our song commence; 



havatumahiiinamu rsunateota, hitciya yahina-a. (Repeat from *) 



pleasing cniiiincncc, (?) ('( 



Ilaiigunfigunda onyoi nyiitcota, vatumahaiiiamu rsanatcota, hitci^ya 



Large com singing to, pleasing commence, ('.')* 



yahina-a. Iliya-ala onyoi nyiitcota: vatmiahainamu rsanatcota; 



(?) siuall corn ' singing to; pleasing commence: 



hitciva yahina-a. 



TrdTt^lal oil 



Hi-ihiya naiho-o 1 Let us begin our song, 

 Let us begin, rejoicing. Hitciya yahina-a. 



Let us l)egin our song, let us begin, rejoicing, 

 Singing of the large corn. Hitciya yahina-a. 



Singing of the small corn. Hitciya yahina-a. 



