Fig. 137. The village of Sydproven (AZLuitsup Paa ‘the 
entrance of the Alhluitsog fjord’) where Hendrik Lund lives. 
(W. Т. phot. September 1914.) 
Nos. 257—259. THREE SONGS OF LAMENTATION 
attributed to hermits (qiwittut). 
giwittut are people who have fled from human habitation and hide in 
the mountains where they live as unknown hermits, and are supposed to 
obtain supernatural powers. One of the hermits sings in “Big Fjord” (Кацег- 
hlussuaq), the other from Ikigait (Frederiksdal), the third in the mighty and 
gorgeous Tasermiut Fjord. 
No. 257. Melancholy Love-Song from the Cape Farewell District. 
Emile (at Nanortalik) A. Hendrik Lund (at Sydproven) X. 
Mel. p. 539 (no. 43). 
This song, which was rather generally known in the neighbourhood of 
Nanortalik north and south, is unique of its kind. With its aja-refrain it 
recalls the old-fashioned drum songs. The melody is simple and touching, 
like the music we know from East Greenland, but does not give a convin- 
cing effect of its genuineness; also the refrain is suspicious, because aj'a with 
a long j very seldom occurs in old Eskimo songs. There is no parallel to 
the contents in the old traditions known to me, and I am obliged to consider 
the whole song as being of relatively modern origin. It is probable that the 
unknown author belonged to the Moravians of former ages in South Green- 
land, and that he had in mind to imitate the old Greenlandic style. The 
song is interesting, however, as a spontaneous outburst of modern Green- 
landic composition, perhaps one of the oldest products of this new kind. 
A. 
Refrain: ОНО ага Та‘ 
икиаггиоагза` Кизапа`иагипе 1 His refused bride, how charming 
she was! 
ukuarLuwarisa qilertergan'iwarune 2 His refused bride, how prettily 
she wore her hair-tuft! 
