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I shall set out (alone) in my kaiak. 
Both yonder on (to) Sermeq’s lee side 
gajartiwarne'alloa 6 
7 
cermite ati’’ane nor 8 And yonder on (to) Sermeq’s weather side 
9 
10 
cermit‘e огдоапе‘п”ог 
cortolo i°n'ara'ler Being like one (or like him) who longs 
argial”’orniarnira lèr Being like one who has haste to go home- 
ward. 
a:mila einisawon 11 Yes indeed he will be full of longing, 
a'mila it-e‘nisawon 12 Yes indeed he will be full of daintiness [?]. 
cilinitser ta:iuartane 13 Let me always make poems for drum-con- 
test about you, Cilinitseq, 
cilinitser ergartivartane 14 Let me always carry Ciligitseq in my mouth. 
ganertusu tosa'ja'ta 15 Would that we might soon hear 
cilig:itser toqugajäton 16 That Cilinitseq lies at death’s door, 
ciliyitser nata:tat-on 17 That Cilinitseq lies with nose upturned! 
ke'sale e‘iarqip'oa 18 Then at last shall I again be free from 
singing. 
потадага`уатаа 19 Therefore because Г have had many орро- 
nents, 
fogoruäs'a naleqim'ana 20 Would the tidings of his death come op- 
: portunely for me, 
 näteruäsa nalegim'aga 21 Would the tidings of his passing come 
opportunely for me. 
VARIANTS. — 4-5 uttumale. — 5 o‘logujua. — 6 -niarit‘oa. — 7 orgoan- 
ewnwa. — 12 itigigi-. 
Notes. — 1-2. “My own” must, I suppose, indicate that these introductory 
lines are not, as so often otherwise, borrowed from an older poem. — 3. Cf. 
WGr. erin’ersarpoq. — 4. (cf. 11) I apprehend e:i- to be a contraction of erini- 
(WGr. eriniwog). — 4-5. -nijua (cf. р. 124, § 26) < -(g)i(wog) ‘also.’ — 5. Cf. WGr. 
oruluwog ‘is sulky; whimpers (like a child). — 6. -ne‘aitoa either < -niara- 
Jitoa ог < -neriarajit‘oa. — 7. orgoa perhaps the south side of the fjord. — 
7-8. cermit'e < sermeg ‘(place with) a glacier’ + lo ‘(both) and’ or < Sermilik, 
or Sermit‘uk (in the relative)? Sufia took it not to be meant of Sermilik fjord, 
but of a lake-like bay close to Sarpaiin and the northeast of the large 
mountain Kinitortiwin. She mentioned it as an excellent hunting place for 
seals in the spring when they creep up on the ice. My informant rendered 
the name of the bay (fjord) as Cerm'it:ik — 9-10. These lines are perhaps 
meant for the opponent, but they are rather obscure. The communicator, in 
her commentary, described “one who sits still as if in thought, with his hands 
unoccupied”, in:ara‘ler instead of e‘rnara‘ler (WGr. егпипа`га‘и$09); and 
she mentioned (but perhaps malapropos) that on the south side of Sermilik 
fjord are to be seen some stone figures in a steep fell side which resemble 
human beings (iwnare:làät). — 11. Cf. WGr. eriniwogq. — 12. Cf. WGr. iz’iqup’og. — 
13-14. -taye = WGr. -r’agit. Cilinitseq means literally ‘the thin one.’ — 20-21. 
-ruäs’a perhaps < -ruaq ‘a—of minor importance’ i. e. “(his) to me otherwise 
indifferent (death).’ 
