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4. eqaluäTiuit nidiäta oqa'"se nwïimit 

 the little salmon-trouts | their wives' words ^ : | from the point 



kandria nuisarcvtidme jd fe' pœ4inijuk-o 



down yonder | when he appears j (she weeps) 1 look! his kajak-oars { 



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a°p^äX'^arXü7iit jä* je" p''a-°timi-s'in^a'(. 



he has got red (with blood) | (she weeps) | his kajak-oars' edges - ! 



qaqorsiX'afÅor(it ja je" ^Ш'гагцшпе 



them he has got quite white | (she weeps) | his own little children | 



qiasartoTiuit ja je" suna-^''ç>a'"na 



the little ones, who are often to weep | (she weeps) | it was exactly 



kä^"k'ormik-a-4'^ ja je" 



with that^ I that, with which they struck him dead | (she weeps) | 



' the widow's song of lamentation when her husband, the male salmon- 

 trout, has been caught (struck dead). ^ the edge of the kajak- oar is of 

 white bone. ^ i. e. the kajak-oar * Kl. Diet. : kavcllormigjyä strikes against 

 something with the oar-mountings (kavdloq). 



The following is a variant from Jakobshavn (Thomas Mag- 

 nussen) in Disko Bay: 



The salmon (eqaluk) is lamenting her husband who perished in 

 a kajak : 



When he came out there by the point of land, jäwje-t, how red 

 his oars used to shine, jäwje't. His children go out in vain (to look 

 for him) jciwje'i, his grandchildren go out in vain (to look for him) 

 jäwje-t. 



5. A)ito-7fîiar(V anto-Tjuara sume-parj-^q 



my little Anton | my little Anton j where are they said to be 



qatariiittJiuatit pawatie paivaite 



your little sisters and brothers | east (up there) east (up there) 



pawanerujus'uaq qa^'Åuna-rsuit nunarsnä"')re 



far far away in the east (up there) j in the big land of the Europeans 



{"'X'iffuaq su'sasoq kisimctoTiu'XKtit 



you little dear one | it makes no diflerence | if you are quite alone 



1!)' 



