The Pima Indians/Linguistics/Songs/Medicine songs

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Hodony
Evening ʌᴜngiomima
red kâĭhowa
not yet nyopinyima,
sink, hodony
evening ʌᴜngiomima
red kâĭhowa
not yet nyopinyima;
sink; *
kony
me sᴜña
I yᴜna
in tcomᴜ
there nahivaka
sit nyᴜina
see itanyi
my rsâvikŏna
gourd sikâɭ
round mᴜnᴜkai
run mᴜʇa
in sisĭnyi
rattling hikimᴜ.
hikimu.

Hodony
ʌᴜngiomima
kâĭhowa
nyopinyima,
hodony
ʌᴜngiomima
kâĭhowa
nyopinyima;
**
kony
me sᴜña
yᴜna
tcomᴜ
nahivaka
nyᴜina
itanyi
matcuowina
feathers sikâɭ
mᴜnᴜkai
mᴜʇa
pᴜpᴜnai
rumbling hikimᴜ.
(Repeat
to
*)

Kony
I sᴜña
I yᴜna
in tcomᴜ
there nahivaka
sit nyᴜina
see itanyi
this my rsâvikŏna
gourd sikâɭ
(?) mᴜnᴜkai
(?) mᴜʇa(?)
sisinyi,
(?) hikimᴜ.
(?) (Sing
from
**)

Kony
(?) sᴜña
(?) yᴜna
(?) tcomᴜ
(?) nahivaka
(?) nyᴜina
(?) itanyi
(?) matcuowina
feathers sikâɭ
mᴜnᴜkai
mᴜʇa
pᴜpᴜnai
hikimᴜ.
(Repeat
all
four
times)

Kᴜs
Kind sitcoña
of all mᴜʌany
might vâñĭnyi
he me taiĭma.
shaking. (Repeat)

Kaho
Up makai
there kiyᴜndavam
magician's house
in there nyoapaimᴜ
me brought kᴜs
kind sitcoña
of all mᴜʌany
might vâñĭnyi
he me taiĭma.
shaking. (Repeat
second
line;
then
repeat
all
four
times)

Translation

The evening glow yet lingers;
 The evening glow yet lingers,
And I sit with my gourd rattle
 Engaged in the sacred chant.
As I wave the eagle feathers
 We hear the magic sounding.

Puissant Night is shaking me
 Just as he did at the time
When I was taken up in spirit
 To the great Magician's house.

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Alisi
Kind yoa-amᴜ
kind of vavatcosĭ
wren hᴜtcᴜɭ
himself ya-ana
feathers yopanaka
pull out yᴜkatc
with it vanyi
make me tcᴜpaftcona
prostitute *hiyanyi
here mâmâtamᴜ
my head maʌᴜrsapaiĭmᴜ
clasp hands tcᴜwᴜnda
land wᴜsikâ
all over mᴜmᴜhᴜlimᴜ.
run. (Repeat;
then
repeat
twice
from
*;
repeat
all
four
times)

Alisi
Kind tcᴜtcᴜnañĭ
of blue kâlâkamᴜ
kakakamu *tcᴜwᴜnda
land loñitan(ᴜ)
edge tcᴜtâñi
blue yᴜwᴜlhᴜla
wind vairsapaiĭmᴜ
lying on tâta
white yᴜwᴜlhᴜla
wind vipiahimᴜ
left vatâĭ
make hᴜʌᴜndak
wind tcᴜnyᴜwᴜna
land kopânyima.
dust. (Repeat
as
above)

Mamᴜrsanû
Moons tânâli
shine kia
here nyᴜʇa
me in viñĭ
here kᴜkionyᴜt.
stand. *Amᴜkâ
You men valnyᴜihita
will see nalo-oɟi
women tcᴜtañi
blue vapᴜkanyi
reed me kohona
blow varsoi
far mᴜk
distant nyi
me nanamᴜ.
meet. (Repeat
as
above)

Haiya!
Haiya! Haiya!
Haiya! Rsâvikohot
Gourd man
there sisikimᴜ.
rattling. (Repeat
as
above)

Konyᴜ
That I wᴜwᴜiʌa
toward himûk
go am
there nyᴜita
see himan
laying vâĭtcokimᴜ
rsâvikohot
gourd man
there sisikimᴜ.
rattling. (Repeat;
then
repeat
all
four
times)

Translation

Yellow Bird placed his feathers
 Where they fell on the head of the woman;
Making of her a harlot who ran about
 With her hands clasped before her.

Bluebird drifted at the edge of the world,
 Drifted along upon the blue wind.
White Wind went down from his dwelling
 And raised dust upon the earth.

The moonshine abides in me;
 And soon you men and women will see
The reed that I now am blowing
 Bring the Moon down to meet me.

Haiya! The gourd is rattling;
 Haiya! The gourd is rattling.
When I go to see it there
 I surely find it rattling.

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Kotc
We yᴜmoiva
now loʇony
evening taimᴜ,
taimu, kotc
we yᴜmoiva
now loʇony
evening taimᴜ;
taimu; ha
our rsᴜrsᴜpinyimᴜ
younger brothers *kᴜsᴜ
kind of tâta
white mâhâmama
headed kiñi tâvalĭ
swallow (bird) matcᴜwoena
wing feathers ñĭngi
four kaya
there pᴜtânyinaha
rattling kiya
here loʇony
evening taiĭmᴜ.
taimu. (Repeat;
then
repeat
twice
from
*.
Sing
all
four
times)

Litâĭ
Elder Makai
Brother *vapaka
reed magician likotcᴜkᴜ
cut kamo
yonder nyi
me paitcomi
before in front vopa
throw kᴜirsapaiĭmᴜ
step on kᴜnʇak
in tcᴜʌañĭ
clouds kaitañima.
sounding. (Repeat
from
*.
Sing
all
four
times)

Alisi
Kind of kâkâmaki
gray Wᴜmᴜkalĭ
Coyote *vâviki
he is sʽoam
yellow aiitco
something tconyitcokimᴜ
making pʽmᴜmᴜs
meddler hᴜk
that vamăt
make an
there kiwonatcoña.
belt. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Aliwᴜsi
Kind of tcᴜtâñi
blue papat
frog lohoɟi
woman namkâk
meet varso
there nyi
me nanamûk
meet kamhony
somewhere pᴜĭtcokimᴜ
carry me *kaho
yonder sialiñᴜ.
east. Marsâ
Front sᴜtâta
white tcᴜʌakia
clouds pâĭtcotco
there stand hamᴜñᴜ
there yâĭnᴜka
after pâiny
me pᴜĭ
carry tcokimᴜ.
me. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Translation

It is evening, it is evening.
 And four times at evening
Calls the white-headed Swallow
 As he plucks out his feathers.

Elder Brother cuts his reed,
 Yonder before me now he throws it,
Stepping upon it so that the
 Clouds loudly repeat the sound.

Gray Coyote is a dirty meddler.
 He wears a belt of snake skin.
Gray Coyote is a dirty meddler.
 He wears a belt of snake skin.

Blur Frog-woman met and carried me
 To the cloud land in the East.
Blue Frog-woman met and carried me
 To where the clouds are standing.

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Kokakĭ
Wood momovĭny
triangle tcᴜfᴜhᴜlimᴜ
rising *kᴜnʇa
in kᴜs
kind of kâmaki
gray Wᴜmᴜkalĭ,
Coyote, naiwonyima
arose ᴜyânᴜ kaiʌᴜ
at one side of the back matcᴜowina
wing feathers hᴜkanyâĭ
with it nyi
me tânâlhitaimᴜ.
shine.

Yâĭnᴜpanᴜ
Dead field tâtâvaña
mountain *kᴜʇaña
in Litâĭ
Elder
Brother tcᴜnyᴜwᴜnda
land tcopolitaiimᴜ
rectangular kŏnyᴜ
I in hᴜñᴜ
that yᴜnda
in mâvavaka
enter nyᴜina
there see konyᴜ
I in hᴜñᴜ
that nyᴜita-imᴜ.
saw.

Alwᴜs
Kind of yoa-am
yellow vavatcosĭ
wren *kahamova
yonder mᴜhᴜmᴜkâ
distant tcᴜcâkamᴜ
caves tâtâvañᴜ
mountain woeka
toward there pᴜnyĭ
me pᴜĭtcokimᴜ
carry me kamodanyi
before me mamaitcomhi
close to pâkᴜnyĭm
thump tcᴜkahima.
so far.

Alwᴜsᴜ
Kind of kâkâmañi
gray Taʇrai
Road-runner wotᴜ
he makai
magician kamhᴜ
he mamaʇatc
young his piohokimᴜ
hungry tcom
then rosakimonha
cry *hia
here tâtaiwonyk
arose tcᴜtcᴜwᴜna
lands tcᴜtcᴜmâka
everywhere mᴜmᴜhᴜlima
running alʌâpâyolĭ
millipeds mᴜmoahak
killed kᴜʌarsatc
approaching kahĭ
across yan
there mâtâĭ
carry tcoña.
on back.

Translation

Gray Coyote stood in the forest,
 From his shoulders he plucked feathers
That gave me shining power,
 Plucked wing feathers bearing power.

I entered Yâĭnᴜpanᴜ mountain
 And saw Elder Brother's land
Marked off with its square corners,
 Marked as in a rectangle.

Yellow Bird carries me to the caves,
 To the distant caves of the mountain.
And we hear the sound of his footsteps
 As he moves upon his way.

Gray Road-runner, the magician,
 As his young cried out with hunger,
Ran about engaged in killing
 Millipeds that he carried home.

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Alwᴜsᴜ
Kind of tcotcok
black kâmkitcᴜma
turtle *tcokañi
darkness ñiopoadak
made a belt varsatc
toward vâĭtcokimᴜ
laying am
there kai
make panyᴜmᴜnda
shake tcokaki
darkness yoñᴜ
shaking nyitaimᴜ.
nyitaimu.

Icᴜpaf
Harlot yohofi
woman naiwonyk
arose and run *anâvany
around me wᴜwᴜkany
me mᴜmᴜhᴜlimᴜ
ran yâvany
here me pamarsâĭpᴜ
breast mamakᴜʌa.
beat the air.

Âiñâ
Hurry smamatcᴜn
know rsᴜrsᴜpĭnyĭ
younger brothers *inañᴜ
around tarsai
sun kaho
up there toconyihima
come up yâĭñâ
hurry smamatcᴜn
know rsᴜrsᴜpĭnyĭ
my younger brothers kâsikâyany
drowsiness mamaka
gave himᴜ.
himu.

Translation

The Black Turtle now approaches us,
 Wearing and shaking his belt of night.
The Black Turtle now approaches us,
 Wearing and shaking his belt of night.

The harlot arose and ran about,
 Beating her breast and the air.
The harlot arose and ran about,
 Beating her breast and the air.

Understand, my younger brothers,
 That it is the Sun that gives me
The trance vision that I see.
 The Sun gives magic power.

Sivany
Chief lahai,
told, sivany
chief lahai,
told, sivany
chief lahai,
told, sivany
chief lahai.
told. (Repeat)
Kᴜwᴜsi kᴜhᴜñga
kind of good siyali
morning worsa
rise kᴜndañgᴜ
at the same time pahaka
eagle wᴜwᴜmia
with nyᴜkai,
sang, sivany
chief lahai,
told, sivany
chief lahai.
told. Kᴜwᴜsi kᴜhᴜñga
Kind of good hondony
evening tcopi
sank kᴜndañga
at the same time virsaka
hawk wᴜwᴜmia
with nyᴜkai,
sang, sivany
chief lahai,
told, sivany
chief lahai.
told. (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

Tell their leader, tell their leader;
 With their leader sings the Eagle
When the morning dawn is here;
 Hawk sings with him at even.

​Kâmkᴜtcᴜt,
Turtle, kâmkᴜtcᴜt,
turtle, papt
where vatcĭvĭ
swim varso
there hᴜtᴜɭ
pond rsotk
water ᴜt
in vatcĭvĭ,
swim kosta,
(?) kosta,
(?) kosta,
(?) kosta,
(?) kosta,
(?) kosta.
(?) (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

Turtle, Turtle, where are you?
 Where is the pond in which you swim?
Kosta, kosta, kosta, kosta,
 Where is the water you swim in?

Siyalikâ nyᴜnyᴜwᴜta
East direction land vasitᴜ
pleasant mâhâĭtama
tcohiñga.
looks. (Repeat)

*Konyᴜka
I that wᴜhᴜwᴜĭva
toward himᴜkâ
go nyᴜita
see vasitᴜ
pleasant mâhâĭtama
tcohiñga.
looks. (Repeat)

Hondonyikâ nyᴜnyᴜwᴜtᴜ
West direction land vasita
very mᴜpᴜitama
fearful tcohiñga.
looks. (Repeat
as
above)

*Samᴜkâ
There wᴜhᴜwᴜiva
toward mᴜndᴜ
run ka
nyᴜita
see vasita
very mᴜpᴜitama
fearful tcoiñga.
looks. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

The East Land seems very pleasant.
 I go toward it and I see
How pleasant it seems to be.
 I go toward the Pleasant Land.

West Land is most terrible.
 I go toward it and I see
How terrible the Land is.
 I go toward the fearful Land.

Rsâĭngali
Pitiable tcᴜpati
prostitute yohof,
woman, *kâĭhova
not yet yon(d)onyima
evening nyi
me moitakᴜ
soul yâhâsimᴜ
flower kahova
up nyâĭnaka
after tcᴜpafia
prostitute nyi
me moitakᴜ
heart yâhâsimᴜ.
flower. (Repeat;
then
repeat
from
*.
Sing
all
four
times)

Translation

Pitiable harlot though I am,
 My heart glows with the singing
While the evening yet is young.
 My heart glows with the singing.

​

Ya-aɭ
That vavaitcotcom
stone standing hanâvany
there ʌᴜñganyi
around ñgâñgâkĭ
two nyᴜkai
sing *hami
there tamai
top tcokañgi
black hᴜwᴜn(d)aku
wind noahimᴜ
roaring kâinaku
after yahai
back and yanañgᴜhᴜʌa.
forth flutter. (Repeat
as
above)

Ya-aɭ
That tâhai
white Ñgiwolĭk,
Ñgiwolik, *hami
there tamai
top sᴜtcᴜnañgĭ
green mamahat
frog nyᴜ-ᴜhᴜna
singing kᴜsᴜ
kind of tcᴜñañgi
blue tcᴜvakĭ
clouds kahatc
lay momoi
many nyᴜhᴜna.
singing. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Where the two stones were standing,
 Black Wind roared in fearful blasts,
Driving the birds before him
 Fluttering back and forth.

On the summit of white Ñgiwolik
 There the green frogs are singing.
Lying near the blue storm clouds
 There many frogs are singing.

Makai
Magician ki
house wᴜpᴜkᴜ
first nyᴜĭtco,
sing to, *makai
magician ki
house wᴜpᴜkᴜ
first nyᴜĭtco,
sing to, sikoɭ
round tarsai
sun tcᴜrsᴜnyĭng
arose tarsai
sun sisvân
rays hᴜwᴜwᴜm
with haimhᴜna-a.
go. (Repeat;
then
repeat
from
*.
Sing
all
four
times)

Tcᴜtcᴜpavi
Prostitute yohofi
women kaka wondᴜ
group ʌâĭfimᴜna,
come running, *tcᴜtcᴜpavi
prostitute yohofi
women kakawondᴜ
group ʌâĭfimᴜna,
come running, tcᴜtcᴜpavi
prostitute ʌâĭfᴜnᴜna
come running hikimoli
(a plant) yâsika
flower ñgĭñgikoatci
crowns ʌâĭfimᴜna-a.
come running. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

We first sing at the Magician's;
 We first sing at the Magician's,
The round disk of the Sun arose,
 Accompanied with its rays.

Harlots came running in a group;
 Harlots came running in a group,
Harlots came with hikimoli,
Flower crowns upon their heads.

​

Hali
That wᴜsᴜ
kind of tcotcok
black tcosakalĭ
lizard *Hitâĭ
Elder
Brother mulkon
of running
trail kâĭnak
following tâta
white tcᴜʌahañgi
clouds nyᴜyâpa
came out nânâvitc
arms âĭnak
following kᴜhᴜwᴜs
kind of tâtam
white tsotsoñgimᴜ.
pools. (Repeat
as
above)

Yali
That vaʌᴜñgam
stony navañgᴜ
mountain *tamai
top tcokaki
darkness yondᴜnyihimᴜ,
go down, wᴜkanyi
round minyᴜmᴜ
going tataip
backward yoakoñgimᴜ.
scatter. (Repeat
as
above)

Hali
That wᴜsᴜ
kind of ʌᴜpᴜñgiom
reddish vapamandᴜ
snakes tâkᴜnândᴜ
spider vinyina
string tcoikatc
like yondᴜnyᴜ,
came down
there, kamovingi
west yodonyikâ
direction vaʌana
stretched tâkûnândᴜ
spider vinyina
string tcoika
like yahai
opposite
sides pᴜvaopana-a.
stretching.

Translation

Black Lizard found the trail where
 Elder Brother had been running,
And he came out from the clouds
 With water upon his arms.

Darkness settles on the summit
 Of the great Stony mountain.
There circling round it settles
 On the great Stony mountain.

The ruddy beams like spider threads
 Across the sky came streaming.
The reddish snakes like spider's web
 To the opposite side came flaming.

Yalova
Early yondonaa
evening kanyᴜhᴜta,
I sing, *yalova
early yondonaa
evening kanyᴜhᴜta;
I sing; kamodanyĭ
ahead of me mamatcomĭ
in front nyᴜnyᴜĭ
songs ʌᴜmamatâkaimᴜ
open konyhᴜñga
I that wᴜhᴜʌᴜma
with momoiva
many nyᴜhᴜ-ᴜna.
stinging. (Repeat
from
beginning;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Translation

In the early evening,
 In the early evening
We begin to sing many songs;
 And I join in singing many.

​

Kamᴜndakᴜ
Kâʼmatûk nânâvaka
mountain worsanyimᴜ,
came forth, *hamalĭ
there mamarsâka
near likorsapĭ
low clouds nyᴜyâpakimᴜ-ᴜ.
came out. Kâmᴜndakᴜ
Kâʼmatûk nânâvakᴜ
mountain miapitaimᴜ
closer kokongama
top nyᴜyâpakimᴜ.
came out. (Repeat
as
above)

Tâwondᴜ
Who yâhânama
man iyatcom
here ᴜmasĭ,
appear, *tâwondᴜ
who yâhânama
man iyatcom
here ᴜmasi?
appear? Konyi
I tcoma
there yañgamᴜ
horned kâkâĭva
snake yᴜlina
think piâviki
not yᴜngai
him wonda
tciyatcomᴜ
here mamasimᴜ?
appear? (Repeat
as
above)

Tcotcokᴜ
Black yâkimaɭĭ
butterflies nyᴜ-ᴜna,
sing, tcotcokᴜ
black yâkimaɭĭ
butterflies nyᴜ-ᴜna;
sing; *va-aki
ruins rsârsânanᴜ
below yâ-ana
marked ko-onyᴜñgᴜ
I that marsâvikĭ
front nyo-onyi
passing yahimᴜ-ᴜna.
going. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

It was near Kâʼmatûk mountain
 That this Rattlesnake came forth;
And he saw the low clouds lying
 Near the summit of the mountain.

Who is this, who is this?
 Is it not Horned Rattlesnake?
Is it not Horned Rattlesnake
 Who now appears before us?

The Butterflies are singing;
 The Butterflies are singing,
As I go past the foundations
 Below, of the ancient house.

​

Yahalĭ
Large Kâmᴜndak
Kâʼmatûk nânâvangᴜ,
mountain, *moiva
many hondoniñga
evenings kongana
summit ʌᴜpᴜngiohomi
reddish kony
I hᴜñga
that wᴜwᴜĭ
toward nyᴜinᴜndᴜk
to sing imᴜkai,
going, momoi
many nyᴜnyᴜi
songs wᴜwᴜsi
all namûkimᴜ.
meet. (Repeat
from
beginning;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Tcokot
Owl yâ-âtama
man mᴜᴜmᴜka
far nyᴜhᴜna
singing kony
I kaitcongatci
hearing wᴜwᴜiny
toward haimiᴜhᴜna.
going back
and forth *Momoi
Many yo-ofĭ
women mâmâtama
top tcᴜpafinga-a
prostitute amifâĭʌᴜkᴜ
there come kayᴜhinᴜi
running
laughing kainakimᴜ-ᴜ.
sounding. (Repeat
as
above)

Tcokot
Owl yofiñgᴜ
bird kokowoɭ(d)
small owl yâ-âtama
man tcoma
try sinyĭ
me wᴜpâviñgi
like tcohikamᴜ
class ya-ahana
feathers kony
I yᴜdanyi
with amᴜʌᴜlhângi
to make taimᴜ
wind hano
there kokoñganû
points kâkâmaiwakimᴜ.
ashy. (Repeat
as
above)

Ʌᴜñgihomi
Reddish rsonañgi
water *tcomᴜngâsi
you mamangia
slowly nyi-itcoho-ona;
me make drink; pianyiñgi
not I papaki
slowly navahamo
drunk kam
there siyalika
east wohoirsakal
toward himᴜmᴜɭhimᴜ-ᴜ.
wobble run. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Toward great Kâʼmatûk mountain
 I go to join the singing,
During the glow of evening,
 I meet all the singers there.

Owl is singing in the distance,
 I hear him moving back and forth,
Many harlots came here running;
 Here came running and came laughing.

Small Owl resembles Tcokot;
 The winds rise from Owl's feathers,
With their ashy tips he starts them.
 Small Owl is like the Large Owl.

Owl makes me drink the reddish water;
 Rapidly intoxicated
I try to walk straight toward the east,
 And find my footsteps staggering.

​

Kâkâmañgi
Gray kakaitcovû
quails kakawoʇa
bunched miyanyita.
grouping. Ʌᴜmᴜngali
Coyote mᴜlivak
came running tatai
above panyᴜinahimᴜ.
looking. (Repeat
four
times)

Tcᴜtcᴜnañgi
Blue kakitcova
quails kakawoʇû
bunched ran vâĭʌᴜkai,
together, Ʌᴜmᴜngali
Coyote nyᴜinâkû
saw kakai
sidewise vanyᴜĭnahimᴜ-ᴜ.
looking. (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

The Gray quails were bunched together,
 Coyote ran to look upon them.
The Blue quails were bunched together;
 Coyote looked sidewise at them.

Tatai,
Roadrunner, Tatai,
Roadrunner, sivâlik
bushy mâ-âka,
head, Tatai,
Roadrunner Tatai,
Roadrunner, sivâlik
bushy mâ-âka
head kita
house ʌᴜngañy
round rsᴜrsᴜlᴜ,
always, poi!
poi! poi!
poi! poi!
poi! (Repeat
four
times)

Tatᴜn(d)ai,
Roadrunners, Tatᴜn(da)i
Roadrunners, piwopûsâ;
unattended; Tatᴜn(d)ai,
Roadrunners, Tatᴜn(d)ai,
Roadrunners, piwopûsâ,
unattended, masika
morning hohotcᴜt
lizards ᴜtciawa.
he devours. (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

Roadrunner with the bushy head
 Is always crying, poi! poi!
As he runs around the house.
 Poi! poi! poi! around the house.

Here is the lonely Roadrunner;
 Here is the lonely Roadrunner.
He eats lizards in the morning;
 He eats solitary lizards.

​

Alisi
Kind of ʌᴜpᴜñgi
reddish wopᴜikam
eyed that Ոtan(d)ai,
Roadrunner, alisi
ʌᴜpᴜñgi
reddish wopᴜikam
eyed that Ոtan(d)ai
Roadrunner hinañgᴜ
about yakawânda
mistletoe tcᴜñga
see tcoviny! tcoviny!
(imitative) Alisi
Kind of ʌᴜpᴜñgi
reddish wopᴜikam
eyed that Ոtan(d)ai.
Roadrunner. (Repeat
four
times)

Konyi
I kamo
there yañgitâka
hide mᴜmᴜlihimᴜ,
had running, konyi
I kamo
there yañgitâka
hide mᴜmᴜlihimᴜ
had running kâmañgi
grey tcosokaɭi
lizard moakai
kill vâkatc
stomach ki-ima
fat ho-o.
eat. (Repeat
four
times)

Kaʇo
Over yonder tcᴜof
long koi
mesquite kᴜka
stand koñganû
tops kiâhâsi
basket haopaɭ
hawk mat
young taʇ
talon tcoi-ika
like koñganû
tops kiâhâsi.
basket. (Repeat
four
times)

Konyi
I ngamo
there rsâhika
pitiable mᴜmᴜlihimᴜ
had running ama
there aitcovasi
something nyâĭkᴜita
lucky ama
there aitcovasi
something nyâĭkᴜita
lucky hiyâ
here vany
my mosi
vulva yᴜn(d)a
in siviahawa.
put penis. (Repeat
four
times)

Moi
Many yâ-âtama,
people, moi
many yâ-âtamaka;
people; siʌᴜñgivia,
red penis, siʌᴜñgivia
mâ-âtama
crown ikitanyi
cut hiyami
from nyᴜm(d)a
there rsotaki
water vitciwanyᴜ.
whirlpool. (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

Here is the red-eyed Roadrunner;
 Here is the red-eyed Roadrunner,
Who runs about the mistletoe.
 This is the red-eyed Roadrunner.

I run and hide! I run and hide!
 Now I kill the Gray Lizard
And I eat his fat body.
 I run and hide! I run and hide.

Over yonder in the mesquite
 Stands the Hawk's nest with its branches
Which rise like kiâhâ frame sticks,
 Over yonder in the mesquite.

(Translation of sixth and seventh stanzas omitted) ​

Halapita
Something nyᴜitamokam
inaccessible ofiñga
bird *hihyâvat
here tatamaiva
top limᴜnatcĭ
walking hyana
feathers kᴜviny
wave kainhikimᴜ
sounding am
there tgai
you kᴜkiʌakai
stand tatai
up mâmâtcᴜka
head tconyopiny
slow kaihama.
listen. (Repeat;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Vanyĭñgĭ
I am rsâhĭngᴜ
pitiable hyatâta
here we vinâkâ
flooded tcᴜnyᴜwᴜtᴜ
land rsârsânᴜ
bases vamhoĭkimᴜ
caving in haya-ava
cry hanyĭ
see sᴜpᴜnyᴜ,
afraid, kamova
there siyalĭkâ
before east naifonyima
came out haya-ava
cry hanyĭ
see sᴜpᴜnyᴜ
afraid kamova
there hodonyĭkâ
west direction naifonyima
came out hayava
cry hanyĭ
see sᴜpᴜnyᴜ.
afraid. (Repeat)

Translation

Wings of birds invisible
 Are now fluttering above you.
You stand with face uplifted
 And quietly listen there.

Our land was unfortunate;
 The floods came rolling westward,
Then they came flowing eastward,
 And I cried out much afraid.

Rsᴜrsᴜȷ
Straight tcotanyᴜk
danced nyᴜhᴜta,
singing, *rsᴜrsᴜɭ
straight tcotanyᴜk
danced nyᴜhᴜta;
singing; hiya
here nyi
me tamai
top yᴜwᴜli
wind mᴜtâkĭmᴜ-ᴜ.
roaring. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Kakai
Horizontal tcotanyᴜk
danced nyᴜhᴜta,
singing, *kakai
horizontal tcotanyᴜk
danced nyᴜhᴜta;
singing; hiya
here nyi
me tamai
top tcᴜvañgi
clouds mᴜtâkimᴜ-ᴜ.
roaring. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Hare is jumping and singing;
 Hare is jumping and singing,
While the wind is roaring,
 While the wind is roaring.

Hare is dancing and singing;
 Hare is dancing and singing.
While the clouds are roaring,
 While the clouds are roaring.

​

Tcokondû
Owl ya-ana
feathers vamᴜtâm
flop sesivânatco,
headdress, *tcokondû
owl yana
feathers vamᴜtâm
flop sesivânatco;
headdress; mᴜmᴜkâ
far tcᴜnyᴜwᴜta
country tanᴜmanᴜ
top kakatâ
bow namᴜkimᴜ.
made. (Repeat
as
above)

Kâkamaki
Gray Nahakiâ
Mouse *hondonyi
evening simamatcima
very know kᴜhᴜnda
in mâtaiwonyᴜkai
came out running tcokangiñga
darkness ipoiwa.
breath. (Repeat
as
above)

Vatâ
I guess masi,
morning, vatâ
I guess masi,
morning, siâmᴜ,
right tâny
I kokopaimᴜ;
shut; *vatâ
I guess masi,
morning vatâ
I guess masi,
morning, siâmᴜ
right tâny
I kokopaimᴜ;
shut; vatâ
I guess masi,
morning, vatâ
I guess masi,
morning, siâmᴜ
right tâny
I kokopaimᴜ-ᴜ.
shut. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

With headdress of owl feathers
 With headdress of owl feathers,
He comes to my far country;
 He comes bringing hence his bow.

The Gray Mouse came at nightfall;
 The Gray Mouse came at nightfall,
Came running in the darkness;
 Came breathing in the darkness.

I am shut in at day dawn;
 I am shut in at day dawn,
All night I am free to run
 But am shut in at day dawn.

Hodony
Evening kâ
at nyᴜnyᴜĭ
songs rsârsân,
commence *katcĭm
laying tangĭŏ
direction tcᴜt
from yᴜwᴜhᴜɭ(t)
wind mᴜndᴜkai
running vatâ
was mᴜmᴜĭnama
terrible mᴜndᴜkai
running vatâ
was yongĭnyᴜ
shaking tcopina
north wᴜfᴜĭ
toward nyi
me pahiva
tail viyohon(d)a.
wind blew over.

Translation

The songs commence at nightfall,
 And the winds blow toward the north.
The winds are blowing strongly,
 Blowing my tail toward the north.

​

Yâkimalĭ
Butterfly yahanû,
wings *yâkimalĭ
butterfly yahanû;
wings; hiyâ
here vany
I nanamana
above kopalĭ
face ñgᴜñgᴜrsᴜ
down fall hama
there hᴜkâ
you nyᴜina
see nyi
me ipoĭna
soul sivahamâ
more tcoĭnga-a.
appearance. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Yahalĭ
Small gâñgâs
dogs simᴜliwᴜka,
came running, rsâĭñgalĭ
pitiable gâñgâs
dogs mᴜliwᴜka,
came running, vapᴜkialĭ
riders mâĭnaka
after wivakimᴜ
came up halᴜhᴜmimâkainangᴜ-ᴜ.
laughing sounding.

Translation

Butterfly wings are falling;
 Butterfly wings are falling,
Falling upon and harming;
 My suffering is greater.

See the small dogs come running;
 See the poor dogs come running.
See the horsemen coming after;
 See the horsemen coming laughing.

Panai
Coyote kᴜkiwaka
stands nyᴜnyᴜĭ
songs rsârsânᴜtcona-a.
commence. (Repeat)
*Tcovañga
Girl at puberty mohofĭ
woman yâĭkapĭ
hurry worsanyimᴜ
came Panai
Coyote nyᴜnyᴜĭ
songs vaʌᴜnahimᴜ.
stretching. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Pahañgᴜ
Eagle yahanû,
feathers, *Pahañgᴜ
Eagle yahanû
feathers komᴜs
you hᴜkᴜ vany
that that my vânam
hat hatcona-a,
made, komᴜs
you hᴜkᴜ vany
that that my vânam
hat hatcona-a
made vahamâ
more tcoĭkama,
looks, nyi
me imoitakû
heart vahamâ
more tcoiñga.
looks.

Translation

Coyote, commences singing;
 Coyote commences singing.
The young woman hurries forth
 To hear the Coyote songs.

A hat of eagle feathers;
 A hat of eagle feathers,
A headdress was made for me
 That made my heart grow stronger.

​

Sikâlĭ
Around rsonᴜkama,
water, *sikalĭ
around rsonᴜkama;
water; kᴜʇañgᴜ
there in Panai
Coyote sitcᴜnakimᴜ
blue mamasina
dyed konyᴜñga
I in wᴜwᴜi
toward vâpâĭmᴜna.
run. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Coyote ran around it;
 Coyote ran around it,
Ran into the blue water,
 Changed the color of his hair.

Vavaki
Ruins yᴜwᴜʇa,
windy, vavaki
ruins yᴜwᴜʇa;
windy; *konyᴜka
I that wᴜtcâma
under yᴜkahimᴜna,
put in the shade of wᴜtcâma
under yᴜkahimᴜna;
put in the shade of; kᴜñgᴜ
large nyahañga
horns yᴜwᴜʇᴜna,
windy, kᴜnyᴜ
that nahanaka
my ears yᴜwᴜdᴜna.
windy. (Repeat;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Hamâ
Over there mᴜʇa
run nyoñgitcᴜ,
shaking, hamâ
over there mᴜʇa
run nyoñgitcᴜ;
shaking; kᴜngamâtcomᴜ
ahead vâpâĭmᴜhᴜ
run many *kaho
up nyâĭnak
after kañgatâ
bows tâtânᴜlihi
shining kaiya
here mᴜkâ
far nyaĭhinᴜna.
me reach. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Down from the houses of magic;
 Down from the houses of magic,
Blow the winds and from my antlers,
 And my ears they stronger gather.

Over there I ran trembling;
 Over there I ran trembling,
For bows and arrows pursued me.
 Many bows were on my trail.

​

Tâwonʇᴜ
What kaviyo,
horse, tâwonʇᴜ
what kaviyo;
horse; hiya
here mᴜkâva
far pᴜny
in namᴜkimᴜna
meet me hami
there nyâĭna,
after, hami
there nyâĭna,
after, siyonyoena,
trying to catch up, siyonyoena;
trying to catch up; rsahavasi
how inamangia
slowly himᴜ
going kᴜnyĭ
I yaĭhimᴜna.
reaching. (Repeat)

*Ho-o
Star koakam
forehead kaviyo
horse hiya
here mᴜkâva
far pᴜny
me namᴜkimᴜna
meeting me hami
there nyâĭna,
after, hami
there nyâĭna,
after, siyonyoena,
trying to catch up, siyonyoena;
trying to catch up; rsahavasi
how mamañgia
slowly himᴜ
going kᴜnyĭhaihimᴜna.
reaching me. (Repeat
from
*)

Atcĭmtcia
We here pâkaĭtcᴜna,
sit, yatcĭmtcia
we here pâkaĭtcᴜna.
sit. (Repeat)

Siyalĭkâ
East direction vavanyima
there nyᴜnyᴜĭ
songs kotcᴜngᴜ
we are wᴜs
all am
there yanga,
sing, yatcĭmtcia
we here pâkaĭtcᴜna.
sit. Hondonyikâ
West direction vavanyima
there nyᴜnyᴜĭ
songs kotcᴜngᴜ
we are wᴜs
all am
there yanga,
sing, yatcĭmtcia
we here pâkaĭtcᴜna.
sit.

Translation

What horse is trying to catch me?
 What horse is trying to catch me?
The horse with the star forehead
 Now slowly gains upon me.

We are sitting here together;
 We are sitting here together,
Singing the song of the east,
 Singing the song of the west.

Nanyi
Was I wonda
tcotcoka
black tcodohom,
bear, *hiyâvany
here me tamai
top kakayᴜ
across vaopa
stretched sikâdaka
around himᴜ
going kamhâ
there nyᴜĭta
see yanakᴜvia
waving sima
dew hanyᴜ-ᴜ.
falling. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Translation

I am the Black Bear. Around me
 You see the light clouds extending.
I am the Black Bear. Around me
 You see the light dew falling.

​

Haliwᴜsi
Kind of ʌᴜñgihomi
reddish rsotañgi
water *konyama
I there ihyokᴜ;
drink; kamo
there nya
I imᴜhai
going nyᴜʇa
me in vamomokimᴜ
dead vany
I tgisᴜmᴜhᴜnyᴜ-ᴜ.
afraid. (Repeat
as
above)

Nyᴜnyᴜĭʌᴜ
Songs rsârsâna;
commence; *wᴜwᴜĭ
toward nya
I himᴜna
going hany
cry nya
I sikoli
nyᴜnyᴜĭ
younger
brother simamatcimᴜ-ᴜ.
songs. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

I drink the reddish liquor
 Which kills the spirit in me.
I drink the reddish liquor
 Which kills the spirit in me.

Now the singing has commenced,
 Now the singing has commenced.
I go with my younger brother;
 I know the songs we're singing.

Hon(d)ony
Evening siʌᴜpᴜñgiomi
reddish kony
I âinatca
after ihimᴜna-a;
go; itanymoina
this my many ʌᴜpᴜñgiomi
reddish ivasi
makes yâsimᴜna-a
flowers wᴜwᴜĭ
toward nyokai
go vapañganyi
holes nyᴜwᴜn(d)ᴜ
land yaihimᴜna.
reaching. (Repeat
four
times)

Pahangᴜ
Eagle's matcᴜwᴜĭna
wing feathers ngĭngĭkâva
four yᴜwᴜn(d)a,
windy, pahangᴜ
eagle's matcᴜwᴜĭna
wing feathers ngĭngĭkâva
four yᴜwᴜn(d)a;
windy; yakâvany
here me woa
turn kâviki
to nyᴜina
see tânâlĭñga
shining nyimoĭ
soul kayᴜkayâmĭna.
crossed. (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

In the reddish glow of nightfall.
 In the reddish glow of nightfall
I return to my burrow,
 About which the flowers bloom.

With the four eagle feathers,
 With the four eagle feathers
I stir the air. When I turn
 My magic power is crossed.

​

Tcᴜwᴜnda
Land nyi
my moata-a,
hill, mâĭkaʌa
soft tcᴜwᴜnda
land nyi
my moata-a;
hill; maikawa
soft moñginanᴜ
in front of nânâlĭñga
shining himoiwehimᴜ
exhale kamo
there ndanyi
me maitcomi
before rsâhĭñga
pitiable tcohĭñgaimᴜ-ᴜ.
appearance. (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

And I make hills of soft earth;
 And I make hills of soft earth.
My breath withers all before it;
 My breath withers all before it.

Namiñgi
Say me about vâsiny
truly ᴜpinyi,
afraid, namiñgi
say me about vâsiny
truly ᴜpinyi;
afraid; moi
many ʌᴜvapamandᴜ
snakes nyi
I have moitta
power of
transformation mohiwa
exhale rsonaki
water namanha
top nyonyᴜi
zigzag ha
himᴜhᴜna.
going. (Repeat
four
times)

Vapi
You yâvikia
not quick himᴜ
go kᴜnyi
I nyᴜina
see hĭm,
go, vapi
you yâivikia
not quick himᴜ
go kᴜnyĭ
I nyᴜina
see hĭm;
go; kᴜsĭ
kind of tarsai
sun kam
there hayo-osĭ
tree worsanyĭmhᴜ
growing api
there mamarsâka
tame kᴜñga
that mipoĭta
breath ka
mᴜʌᴜna-a.
windy. (Repeat
four
times)

Sikolĭ,
Younger
brother, tanyĭ
I kâvi,
beaver, tanyĭ
I kâvi;
beaver; hᴜmᴜs
humus! Alitcoikatcĭ
Appearance nahaka,
ear, hanâvany
there I wᴜngañyĭ,
round, yo-osa
trees kiyolhimᴜ
biting hanâvany
there I wᴜñganyi;
round; yo-osa
trees kopalt
face down anâwihimᴜna-a.
overthrown. (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

You talk about and fear me;
 You talk about and fear me.
As like the sinuous snake
 I go upon the water.

I see that you go slowly;
 I see that you go slowly.
Strong as the Sun among the trees,
 You leave your mark upon them.

Younger brother, I am Beaver,
 I am the quick-eared Beaver
That gnaws the trees of the forest,
 'Tis I who overthrow them.

​

Vanyi
I rsâika
pitiable vanyᴜnyᴜi
those songs pimamatcima;
not know; *tarsai
sun vayon(d)onyᴜ,
set, nyᴜnyᴜi
songs pimatcivaiyañga.
not know sing. (Repeat)

Tarsai
Sun yon(d)onyikon(d)a
sets nyᴜnyᴜwᴜn(d)a,
land, tarsai
sun yon(d)onyikon(d)a
sets nyᴜnyᴜwᴜn(d)a;
land; am
there miyᴜn(d)añga
in there *kᴜsᴜkâmañgi
kind of gray tcokon(d)a
owl nyinyivimᴜ
my heart hanâ
there vany
me wᴜñganyi
around nyongorsa-ali
low kohota
hooting itala
this nyimoinañga
my heart kayovaiya
higher pᴜhimᴜ.
lifting. (Repeat)

Kan(d)oñga
There nyՈwՈn(d)a
land siʌapawany,
sleeping, konyᴜñgᴜ
I there âinaka
after imᴜna
going tânâlingᴜ
shining kakavitci
narrow vavanha,
stretch, havanyi!
haya! Maman(d)a
My young vamiñgi
you rsâĭnganhi
pitiable tcomali
making kopânyᴜ.
dust. (Repeat)

Tarsaiñgamᴜ
Sun there kavai
up there *kahova
up there yon(d)ony
west tatañiâ
direction kᴜkiwakᴜ
stand yaitco
something tcomᴜ
there nyañi
tell kᴜwᴜsi
kind of tânᴜnâmᴜ
shining rsavikon(d)a
gourd rattle hon(d)onyi
west tatañiâ
direction ʌᴜkainakimᴜ.
sounding. (Repeat)

Translation

Here am I unfortunate;
 Here am I unfortunate,
Not to know the songs to sing;
 The songs we sing at sunset.

There came a Gray Owl at sunset,
 There came a Gray Owl at sunset
Hooting softly around me,
 He brought terror to my heart.

The land lay quietly sleeping;
 The land lay quietly sleeping.
My young stretch, crying, haya!
 Pity them digging in the dust.

You Sun out there in the West;
 You Sun out there in the West,
You are now talking to me.
 You are sounding your gourd rattle.

​

Tcᴜwᴜn(d)a
Land mᴜihimᴜ,
burning, tcᴜwᴜn(d)a
land mᴜihimᴜ;
burning; konyika
I yᴜʇa
in tcoma
there worsanyĭmᴜ,
rise go, konyᴜ
I yᴜʇa
in hapânyᴜnâhᴜngᴜ
there I looking hanâvany
around me ʌᴜnganyitc(ĭ)
behind me nyᴜinâhâñgᴜ
looking hanavata
many vᴜnganyĭ
around tcᴜwᴜn(d)a
land kakavitc
narrow tcama
there tcᴜnâkimᴜ.
green. (Repeat
eight
times)

Vanyᴜ
I pĭnyi
not mamatcᴜka
know surely vamâ
more nyiwahana,
I make, *vanyᴜ
I pĭnyi
not mamatcᴜka
know surely vamâ
more nyiwahana;
I make; kᴜsi
very tcᴜpafi
prostitute kama
hold anyitaka
fuel siâmanyi
right mamᴜkaha
give kony
I hᴜnga
that imoitaka
take in tcama
there yon(d)onyiñga
west wᴜwᴜĭ
toward tcᴜtcᴜmâ.
reached. (Repeat;
then
repeat
from
*.
Sing
all
four
times)

Vikamᴜ
Remaining Ñakân(d)ak
Crooked mountain nyoñinanᴜ
me before movinyama
pointed yᴜkaimᴜna
shadow *vikamᴜ,
remaining, Ñgakân(d)akᴜ
Crooked mountain, nyoñinanᴜ
me before ñañakâli
curved yᴜkaimᴜna
shadow kᴜʇaña
in nyᴜnyᴜi
songs ʌᴜkaivâ
sound nakimᴜ
rsâĭkala
pitiable nyimoitañga
my heart tcᴜpafi
prostitute. tcona.
(?) (Repeat;
then
repeat
from
*.
Sing
four
times)

Kakaitcoʌᴜ
Quails yahala
small hon(d)onyĭnga
evening vᴜngioma
glow makû
arrive natâĭmhᴜ
make hapâvĭñĭ
there nyonyopitci
slowly nyᴜnyᴜkamᴜ
fly tcokañgiñgᴜ
darkness tangiomakai
stripped mâmânamᴜ
crown tañitâĭmᴜ.
throw on. (Repeat
eight
times)

Translation

The land is parched and burning,
 The land is parched and burning.
Going and looking about me
 I see a narrow strip of green.

Yet I do not know surely,
 Yet I do not know surely.
The harlot is here among us.
 I go away toward the west.

The shadow of Crooked mountain,
 The curved and pointed shadow.
'Twas there that I heard the singing;
 Heard the songs that harmed my heart.

The light glow of evening;
 The light glow of evening
Comes as the quails fly slowly,
 And it settles on the young.

​

Weyâma
Weham himᴜnatcia
went himᴜnania
going kaiyam
listen kaiyany,
here, sikolĭ,
younger
brother mᴜmᴜkâ
far yohosi
tree mᴜmoahi
kill [tataka
half sitana-a].
split. (Sing
four
times,
alternating
the
last
two
words
with
the
one
preceding)

Rsâĭ
Pitiable kanya
I sikolĭ
younger
brother kamo
there nyimᴜitcoka,
me carry, kamo
there nyimᴜitcoka,
me carry, hanâ
there nyi
me wᴜwᴜñgatcĭ
around tânâvañga
mountain tcotcĭm
stand parsâ
near by nyoʌana.
there carry. (Repeat
four
times)

Ʌᴜpᴜñgiomi
Reddish vapamand
snakes tcomaiya
tries to make weyâmi,
lightning, tcomaiya
tries to make weyâmi,
lightning, kahova
there up yosi
tree tapa
on kᴜkiwopa
stand pivanyi
not I nakâka.
do. (Repeat
four
times)

Rsâĭ
Pitiable kanya
I sikolĭ
younger
brother tcokañgi
darkness noahimtconakia
roaring going vâpâhimᴜ
running vanyᴜ
I pina-akâk
not do tamai
up ʌᴜkahatcimᴜ
sky parsâpᴜ
near by katawa.
shoot. (Repeat
four
times)

Translation

See the destructive lightning
 Going to kill the distant tree.
It is going, my younger brother,
 To split the distant tree.

Around the mountain I carry
 My poor younger brother;
Carry him around the mountain
 And then I stand before it.

The lightning like reddish snakes
 Tries to lash and shiver the trees.
The lightning tries to strike them,
 But it fails and they yet stand.

(Translation of the fourth stanza omitted) ​

Yᴜwᴜɭdĭ
Wind nyᴜhᴜma,
sing, *hiyawᴜ
here rsânahatco,
commence, kamo
there danyimamaitcoma
my in front tcᴜnyᴜwᴜta
land nyonyoahañgᴜ-ᴜ.
stretching. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Yᴜwᴜhᴜld
Wind ki-iki
house mᴜmᴜnaikᴜ,
thunder, *yᴜwᴜhᴜld
wind ki-iki
house mᴜmᴜnaikᴜ;
thunder; konyi
I kamho
there imᴜna
going tcᴜwᴜnʇa
land tcᴜtcᴜmâka
covered mᴜmᴜnaikᴜ-ᴜ.
thunder. (Repeat
as
above)

Himo
There tâtâvaka
mountain yᴜwᴜhᴜʇa,
windy, *himo
there tâtâvaka
mountain yᴜwᴜhᴜʇa,
windy, himo
there tâvâvaka
mountain yᴜwᴜhᴜʇa;
windy, wᴜsikâ
all over simaihâñgindañgᴜ
centipeds tciya
here mᴜliva-a.
came running. (Repeat
as
above)

Tcotcok
Black vapamanda
snake hᴜwᴜling
wind, *tcotcok
black vapamanda
snake hᴜwᴜling;
wind; ñgai
that hiyata
here nyᴜiyᴜta
song in mᴜliva
came running kᴜñgata
that song nyᴜiyᴜt
in the pimihivi.
around. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Wind now commences to sing;
 Wind now commences to sing.
The land stretches before me,
 Before me stretches away.

Wind's house now is thundering;
 Wind's house now is thundering.
I go roaring o'er the land,
 The land covered with thunder.

Over the windy mountains;
 Over the windy mountains.
Came the myriad-legged wind;
 The wind came running hiter.

The Black Snake Wind came to me;
 The Black Snake Wind came to me,
Came and wrapped itself about,
 Came here running with its song.

​

Vanyi
I am naiwonyĭm
came out *vasipi
cup of water mᴜhᴜk
hold naiwonyᴜka
came swiftly mi-itco
make vanyitâ
drink I nânakᴜ
crazy naiwonyᴜka
came swiftly sisikâlĭ
round imᴜndᴜhᴜna-a.
running. (Repeat
as
above)

Tâta
White yanami
cactus ivakimᴜ,
leaves, tâta
white yanami
cactus ivakimᴜ;
leaves; kᴜnda
in nyi
I mᴜlivᴜkaĭ
came running rsâĭñgᴜ
poor mᴜmᴜlihi-i.
running. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Swiftly with a cup of water
 I came running to make you drink.
I make you drink the water
 And turn dizzily around.

Among the white cactus leaves;
 Among the white cactus leaves,
I came running to that place;
 I came running to that place.

Kokopᴜ
Fetish nyᴜnyᴜi
song rsârsân,
commence, *kokopᴜ
fetish nyᴜnyᴜi
song gando
there viñgi
rsârsân;
commence; woivanya
toward imᴜna
going piâvat
not matcimakâ
know rsârsân,
commence, tcokañgi
night mᴜʇa
in sigi
very konyimᴜna-a.
noisy. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*.
Sing
four
times)

Kokopᴜ
Fetish nyᴜnyᴜi
song tcotcoahimᴜ,
stood, *kokopᴜ,
fetish nyᴜnyᴜi
song tcotcoahimᴜ;
stood kaiyâk
heard wᴜwᴜi
toward vâpâ
run himᴜʇa
going sitcᴜpatinga-a.
crazy. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

We commence the fetish song;
 We commence the fetish song.
It is difficult but I try;
 The night grows very noisy.

The fetish song arises;
 The fetish song arises.
To it the crazed women run;
 To it the crazed women run.

​

Rsâĭganywâna,
Poor me, rsâĭganywâna;
poor me; wᴜsikâĭny
all over me nañgioma,
stripping, rsâĭganywâna,
poor me, wᴜsikâĭny
all over me nañgioma
stripping knyᴜhᴜna-a.
singing. (Repeat
as
above)

Tcokañgi
Night nyᴜimᴜɭhimᴜ,
sing going, tcokañgi
night nyᴜimᴜɭhimᴜ;
sing going; Sivât
Sievat Tânâfañgᴜ
mountain wᴜwᴜi
toward vanyᴜimᴜlhimᴜ
lead me konyhᴜngᴜ
I that wᴜwᴜi
toward tcomᴜ
there vapahimᴜ.
running. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Pity me! Oh pity me!
 And strip away my disease.
Now strip away my disease;
 Clear it away by singing.

I'm going to the singing;
 I'm going to the singing.
It is leading to the mountain,
 Running to Sievat mountain.

Tcotcᴜlĭk
Fowl viahâka
bean tcᴜtcᴜlᴜk
sounds miaʌa
drop tcᴜtcᴜlᴜk
sounds miaʌa.
drop.

Kat
There vavaiworsᴜnyᴜ,
stone wall arose, kat
there vavaiworsᴜnyᴜ;
stone wall arose; sami
there worsᴜnyihimᴜ
arose sahapâ
pleasing kainama
sound kohai,
burn open, sami
there worsᴜnyᴜ,
arose, sami
there worsᴜnyihimᴜ.
arose. (Sing
once
and
dance)

Translation

The chicken beans are rattling,
 They are rattling as they fall.
The chicken beans are rattling,
 They are rattling as they fall.

And the stone wall arose there,
 And the stone wall arose there.
When the gourd seed was planted
 It made its way through to grow.

​

Kᴜsi
Kind of tâhai
white vasialikᴜĭ
morning vavahaki
ruins kᴜnʇa
in nyᴜtâ
I tciviha-a.
come. (Repeat)

*Hamanyᴜtâ
There I tcivihakᴜ
came nyipoinakᴜ
my heart sisivaʇᴜ
flame tânâli-i.
shine. (Repeat
twice
from
*;
then
repeat
all
twice)

Yahanᴜ
Feathers vapakosi
mat-like tatamanhᴜ
topmost ihihamᴜ
business vâyonyᴜ-ᴜ.
singing. (Repeat)

*Tamai kᴜkᴜkimhᴜ
There go slowly nyipoinakᴜ
my heart sisivâʇᴜ
flame tânâli-i.
shine. (Repeat
as
above)

Haliʌᴜta
That our sihᴜñgia
older brother wowosaikᴜ
first came out
to walk tcᴜtcᴜwᴜtᴜ,
lands, tamhaiʌᴜ
topmost imᴜkai
go hᴜñga
that tâsi
very vahomâ
more hiyava
here tcohinyᴜ-ᴜ.
looks. (Repeat)

*Tcᴜtcᴜwᴜta
Land tamhaiva
topmost himᴜkai
go tânâlika
shining nyimoitangᴜ
my heart hiyaʌᴜ
here vamhonyᴜ-ᴜ.
more. (Repeat
as
above)

Tcᴜwᴜnʇᴜ
Land makahi
magician, *tcᴜwᴜnʇᴜ
land makahi;
magician; wᴜmatci
with papamo
angry wᴜwᴜmia
with himᴜkai
go vavakia
ruins sihainyiñgi
wasted tco-o.
make. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

At early dawn I entered,
 Entered in the white light of day.
And my heart flamed with power
 As I entered the magic house.

In the lofty feather house
 His magic is increasing
And he moves very slowly
 With the power in his heart.

Elder Brother first came forth;
 Elder Brother first came forth,
And with his shining power
 Covered over all the land.

Earth Magician became angry;
 Earth Magician became angry,
And with his magic power
 He destroyed all the houses.

​

Sitcokai
Black vamanʇatco,
snake made, *sitcokai
black vamanʇatco,
snake made, hᴜkanyi
with I vavaki
ruins wopona-a.
tie. (Repeat
as
above)

Sitahai
White vamanʇatco
snake made *hᴜkatci
with it vavaki
ruins wopona-a.
tie.

Kosinanᴜmᴜinaka
That fears me worsanyᴜ.
go out. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

With a Black Snake I tie them;
 With a Black Snake I tie them,
The houses with a Black Snake,
 The houses with a Black Snake.

With a White Snake I tie them;
 With a White Snake I tie them,
The houses with a White Snake,
 The hosues with a White Snake.

Moadañgi
Moʼhatûk tamai
top monoi
many tcᴜvañgi
clouds tcotco.
stand. (Repeat)

Moandañgi
Moʼhatûk tamai
top momoi
many ikomᴜ
fog worsa.
arose. (Repeat)

Hami
There tamai
top tcotco
stand. hoho.

Hiatât
Here we vinâk
flood sivai
bitter yᴜwᴜʇa.
wind. *Hiatât
Here we vinâk
flood sivai
bitter yᴜwᴜʇa;
wind; momoi
many gañgatâ
boes nyᴜitco,
singing to, momoi
many gañgatâ
bows nyᴜitco
singing to. hoho.
(Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*)

Translation

One the top of Moʼhatûk
 There are many clouds standing.
On the top of Moʼhatûk
 Many fog clouds are rising.

The bitter wind blows on us;
 The bitter wind blows on us,
As we sing with many bows.

​

Nanyi
I wot
am navitcho
Navitco komsap
you naka
talk tamaikatcĭm
about laying mâkahap
through
put head mᴜlitcota
run navitcho
Navitco kahatc
like mᴜlitco
run. hoho.
(Repeat
as
above)

Yo-osa
Sticks ikomiakahi,
cut, *yo-osa
sticks ikomiakahi,
cut, yo-osa
sticks ikomiakahi
cut rᴜsᴜrsᴜɭ
straight tcotamhᴜ.
(Repeat
as
above,
dancing)

Translation

 Though I am a Navitco,
I hear you talk about me.
 I thrust my head through the sky
And with it I run away.

Cut sticks, cut sticks, cut sticks staight.

Kâmᴜndak
Kâʼmatûk nâvañga
mountain kᴜnda
in kamomoi
many nyᴜnyᴜi
songs kaihima,
listen, *Kâmᴜndak
Kâʼmatûk nâvañga
mountain kᴜnda
in kamomoi
many nyᴜnyᴜi
songs kaihima;
listen; kᴜnda
in nyi
I mᴜliʌakᴜ
came running yakaimᴜ
sang mᴜdaʌᴜ
within rsarsavaikᴜ.
echoed. (Repeat
all;
then
repeat
twice
from
*.
Sing
four
times)

Hodonyisi
Evening miamᴜnda
close to mᴜrsârsâna,
foundations, *hodonyisi
evening miamᴜnda
close to mᴜrsârsâna;
foundations; kᴜnda
in kanyᴜnyawoɭd
demons anyᴜyapaka
appeared hiya
here avâĭvaka
came running nyimoina
my soul kᴜnangiomahimᴜ.
stripped. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

Singing at Kâʼmatûk mountain;
 Singing at Kâʼmatûk mountain,
I listen to their singing;
 I come running to sing with them.

Evening now is falling;
 Evening now is falling,
And demons appeared running
 To strip and expose my soul.

​

Tcᴜvai
Tcuva Tânâvañga
Toak mountain mᴜna
in nyᴜnyᴜ
hole, kaimᴜ,
*Tcᴜvai
Tcuva Tânâvañga
Toak mountain mᴜna
in nyᴜnyᴜ;
hole; kaimᴜkᴜnda
in nyᴜnyᴜkaimᴜ,
hole in kᴜnda
in nyhivaka
I enter nyᴜta,
see, kᴜnda
in kanyᴜnyawoɭ(d)
demons aimohiva.
breath out. (Repeat
as
above)

Nyᴜnyawoɭ(d)
Demons iyahala,
boys, *hiya
here vâĭʌᴜkahi,
came running, hᴜʌᴜsyasingam
many flowers nyᴜ
me rsa-akima
grasp kᴜkimᴜ
standing kamo
there mᴜmᴜkâ
far kaʌᴜka
hard tcᴜnyᴜɟᴜnda
land hᴜkᴜ
that namanha
top nyoʌapimᴜ
bring me nyimoitañgᴜ
to my heart yovaiya
in pᴜihimᴜ.
higher. (Repeat
as
above)

Translation

In a Santa Rita cave;
 In a Santa Rita cave,
As I entered in the cave,
 I saw the breath of demons.

Here demon boys came running;
 Here demon boys came running,
Grasping my hair they carried me,
 Brought me to a distant land.