290 W. THALBITZER. 
No. 113. The Heavenly Song. 
Mitsuarnianna. 
A woman who had not been able to sing here on earth died and came 
to her relatives in the tent districts in the heavens. When she approached 
them she began to sing the following song, and they joined in. During his 
spirit-flight the angakok came to the heavens and met her: what a surprise, 
she who couldn't sing now sang from heart’s delight (i?’p”a'iega‘). On hearing 
this his fellow-angakok exclaimed aa makiwät tamane i®p'Ütlsay'ilsin tap'- 
oane'lera namin wwperlalera'lin “Oh then, when these, who down here are 
not accustomed to sing, arrive up yonder they become as those who have 
the gift of song.’ When the woman’s husband heard this he sprang up, and 
with beaming eyes whirled around in jubilation (tipap'oq). 
Refrain a’ja'* 
I wonder if you were able then to sing? — 
When I rose up there 
To the great heavens up there, 
I had become frightfully exhausted, 
anerca'ca'in ima 
II) I 
рога majinua' ma 
qilåt uarme po’a 
min ertokae:tarpoa 
Hm CW 
arnewok?e:"tarpoa 5 I had become frightfully breathless. 
ilak'ale takinaliartino 6 But when I caught sight of my relations, 
ice paliarpat 7 Is it you, who once were? 
iWneriukae:täk'iwa 8 Then I took to singing high soundingly, 
min ertokajeqiama 9 That time I had been quite exhausted, 
anersa nuarpara 10 I breathed my little song about it. 
NOTES. — 1. -ima = ina? Cf. по. 108, 1. 2e. — 4. = mernerlokajetarpona 
(Kuannia). — 5. (According to Kuannia) an unusual formation of the stem 
anerpog ‘breathes’, (otherwise anertik'arpoq). — 8. -riu = ruju ‘enormously’. 
Nr. 114. Darkened in the Soul. 
Napa. 
The song treats of Napa’s maternal grandmother Kukkujooq. Another 
woman had, by iliseetsoq-art, “made her dark, internally,” which gave rise 
to an angakok being summoned to investigate her condition. 
cilåte ercinakajik 1 What on earth! I fear and tremble! 
uwana ercinakajik 2 I fear and tremble on account of myself 
takilsleqi’na ya 3 That he will begin to look at me again. 
Lıikasiyajäga'”n:a 4 Does he begin to make it out, he down there! 
ta rtertujokajik 5 A great terrible darkness, 
gernertértujokajik 6 A great terrible blackness, 
ercikajik 7 Dreadful. 
NOTES. — 1. ciläl'e, interjection (see p.151) expressing wonder and annoy- 
ance. ercinakajik may mean both ‘fear inspiring’ and (less often) ‘full of fear.’ 
— 4. ii- = WGr. ili-. Perhaps it is to be translated thus: ‘Does he begin to 
recognize me? — 5. -{ujo = -tiwo, -tiwa, = WGr. -sua(g). 
