746 ZTJNI RITUAL, POETRY [eth.ann.47 



ho'ma ta'tcu te'a'ona 



my father the one who is 



yam ha'lawo'tinan'e 



his prayer meal 



a'witela'ma o'ta'wite-'e"Eupa 



four times sprinkling before him 



i'ste ya"'lu 



after him 



yam ha'lawo'tinan'e 



my prayer meal 



ho' ota'wite*-e"Euna 



I sprinkled before me 



ho' ye''lana kwa'toEaka 



I standing came in 



ho' ye"'lana kwatoEapa 



I standing having come in 



hom a''tatcu kwa les i'yimite'tcinam'e 



my fathers [not] all I was hardly able to see 



?i'nanpo'Ei ho' a-wunatiEaka 



sitting crowded I saw them 



i'sEon yam ta'tcili te'ona 



them my father [having] the one who is 



an Ea'cima ?e'U'to'a 



his water inner room 



ho' pi'cle la'kwimoka 



I north rooted 



ho' Ea''lici la'kwimoka 



I west rooted 



ho' a'laho ia'kwimoka 



I south rooted 



ho' temako la'kwamoka 



I east rooted 



ho' i'yama la'kwimoka 



I above rooted 



yam tatc an ^apoi'tiwana'a 



my father his ceiling middle 



te'likinan i'patciaka 



prayer sticks fastened together with 



ho' an fapo' i'tiwanan an e'lete'uka 



I his ceiling middle for him I prepared 



ke'sic e'letapa 



now indeed this is well 



ho'ma ta'tcu te'a'ona 



my father the one who is 



an leapkunan ci'wuna teaiun'onak-a 



his offspring renewing that it might be thus 



ho' an ?apo' i'tiwanan an e'lete'uka 



I his the middle of his ceiling for him (I) prepared 



tem i& yam ta'tcili teona 



and also my father with the one who is 



