MATTHEWS.] SONGS OF SEQUENCE. 463 
245. Free translation. 
Maid Who Becomes a Bear sought the gods | Holy Young Woman sought the gods and 
and found them ; found them; 
On the high mountain peaks she sought | On the summits of the clouds she sought 
the gods and found them ; the gods and found them; 
Truly with my sacrifice she sought the | Truly with my sacrifice she sought the 
gods and found them. gods and found them. 
Somebody doubts it, so I have heard. | Somebody doubts it, so I have heard. 
246. These songs are accompanied, in beating the drum, with a 
peculiar sharp strike like a sudden outburst or explosion. Hence, they 
say, the name, Tsin¢ilcoi Bigin. 
247. FIRST DAYLIGHT SONG, 
Cahiz¢ile, gahiz¢ile, ya ahaia la" [four times). 
1. Kag Yikai-aciké ¢ahiz¢ile, yaahaia la, ; 7. Bizag¢e qojogo gahiz¢ile, ya ahaia la®, 
2. Qaiyolkal¢e gahiz¢ile, ya ahaia la", | Cahiztile, gahiz¢ile, ete. 
3. Bitsidje yolkalgo ¢ahizéile, ya ahaia | 
la, | 8. Kag yikai-agée, gahiz¢ile, ya ahaia las, 
4. Bikéc¢e yolkalgo gahiz¢ile, yaahaiala™. 9. Naqotsdi¢e cahiz¢ile, ya ahaia la®. 
5. Bitsidje qojogo gahiz¢ile, ya ahaia la®, [Verses 3 to 7 are here repeated. ] 
6. Bikec¢e qojogo gahiz¢ile, ya ahaia la, | Cahiz¢ile, gahiz¢ile, ete. 
248. Translation.— Cahiz¢ile=g¢ahiz¢el, it hangs as a curtain or festoon; it hangs 
supported at both ends, i. e., the white curtain of dawn so hangs. 1. Yikai-aciké, 
the Daylight Boy, the Navajo dawn god. 2. Qayolkal¢e, from the place of dawn. 
3. Bitsidje, before him; yolkalgo, as it dawns, asthe night passes away. 4. Bikéc¢e, 
from behind him. Qojogo, in a beautiful (earthly) mauner. 7. Bizag¢e, from his 
voice. 8. Yikai-ageg, the Daylight Girl—the dawn goddess. 9. Naqotsoi¢e, from the 
land of yellow light (horizontal terrestrial yellow). 
249. Free translation. 
The curtain of daybreak is hanging, Behind him, in beauty, it is hanging; 
The Daylight Boy (it is hanging), From his voice, in beauty, it is hanging. 
From the land of day it is hanging; 
Before him, as it dawns, it is hanging; The Daylight Girl (it is hanging), : 
Behind him, as it dawns, it is hanging. From the land of yellow light, it is hang- 
Before him, in beauty, it is hanging; ing, &c. (substituting her for him and 
his). 
250. LAST DAYLIGHT SONG. 
Loleyée, Loleyée. Loleyée, Loleyée. 
Loleyés, Loleyée. Yahaiéee qanaai. 
1. Qayolkago, Loleyée. | 3. Kag a¢a yiskago. Loleyée. 
2. Kae Yikai-acikée. Loleyée. 4. Kag Yikai-agége. Loleyée. 
Loleyée, Loleyée. Yahaiée, qanaai. | Loleyée, Loleyée. Yahaiee, qanaai, 
251. Translation.—1. Qayolkago, in the place of dawn. 2, 4. Yikai-aciké and Yikai- 
agég, Daylight Boy and Daylight Girl (sce paragraph 248). 3. A¢a yiskago, it is day 
allaround. Refrain, loleyé, lullaby, a meaningless expression to indicate sleepiness. 
252. Free translation. 
Lullaby, lullaby. Now it is day. Lullaby. 
It is daybreak. Lullaby. | Now comes the Daylight Girl. Lullaby. 
Now comes the Daylight Boy. Lullaby. 
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