Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



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Verse 2. pt. 2. dtautciaq aulauna una 



ai ya qa hai ya hai ya 



qoiynan-um nunan-un ai ya-a natciltymulH camuya 

 (Eefrain II, slightly altered) 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. piluajviyliuna hulaynaqpaymiyuni 



aylulirjmun ndtdUk natd'la'yyuajman 

 cnjuma'Yajyunayhqpa 

 R^jrain III. ai yai ya ai ya qa hai ya i ya 



ai yai yi ya-a yi ya hai ya yi ya 



ai yai ya ai ya ye e ha ha i ya 



ya hai ya 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. qanoq uva unutqovluya 



ai ya qa hai ya hai ya 



aynat capkwa uwiluyaya ai ya-a piyumayaluaqtuni 



(Refrain I) 

 Verse 4. pt. 1. dtautciaq aulauna una 



ai ya qa hai ya hai ya 

 tamaycucn nunan-un ai ya-a piyumaydluaq 

 (Refrain II, altered) 

 Verse 4. pt. 2. piluayvtyliuna kulaynaqpaymiyulu 



aynaliymun in-ulcymun aynailayyuayman ccnaktoyaiyu- 

 nayhqpa 

 Refrain IV. ai yai ya ai ya qa hai ya hai ya ai yai yi ya 



ai yi ya yi ya hai ya ha yi ya hai ya 

 ai yai ya ai ye ye ha ha i ya 



Translation 

 Verse 1. pt. 1. How here telling me to find subsistence. 



Furry animals [caribou] when they take to the water 

 despite my wish to secure them. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. Only one its way, this one. 



Of Marau to the lands, to the place possessing caribou 

 down thither. 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. How here telling me to find subsistence. 



Blubbery animals [seals] .they will not come up to the 

 surface to me although one wishes to secure them. 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. Only one its way, this one. 



Of Qoingnannaq to the lands, to the place possessing seals 

 down thither. 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. A more abundant place than this one though being hard 



to find [?]— 

 To a place with seal-holes, a place with seals; when there 

 are no seals one is always obliged to be idle. 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. How here telling me to find subsistence. 



Women, those, they will not marry me although I wish 

 to get them [?] 

 Verse 4. pt. 1. Only one its road, this one. 



Of Tamarsuin to the lands, though wishing to go. 



Verse 4. pt. 2. A more abundant place than this though being hard to 



find[?] 

 To a place with women, to a place with people; when 

 there are no women one always dreams of them. 



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