The Pima Indians/Linguistics/Songs/War songs

LINGUISTICS

Songs

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WAR SONGS

RsՈ⅂ NyՈĭ, Straight Song[1]

[By Virsak Vaĭ-ĭ]

I

Hihi
That tcotcok
black âiyañgama
sandy nyᴜnyᴜwᴜnda
land tama
top nᴜmᴜlva
came running aihivaihi
(?) vᴜtañgᴜvi.
(?) (Repeat)

Tama
Top nᴜmᴜlva
came running aihivaihi
(?) vᴜtañgᴜvi.
(?) (Repeat)

Hihi
That himtco
shove himtco,
shove, himtco,
shove, vitco
(?) tañgᴜvi
(?) himtco,
shove, vitco
(?) tañgᴜvi.
(?) (Repeat)

Liho
(?) liho
(?) li
(?) yawoine
(?) sikyo
(?) yawoine
(?) sikyo
(?) apiatama
you also sikyo
(?) tañgᴜvi
(?) apiatama
(?) sikyo
(?) tañgᴜvi.
(?) (Repeat)

Hana
On okolrsanihi
(?) maoli
(?) kiyan
(?) tañgᴜyi.
(?) (Repeat)

Tâkiwoʇa
That was nyihâli
slave moakahi
killed hopama
skin empty ᴜɭkâna
strip off sitana
stretch mâĭkana
soften rsene
(?) rsolihiye
(?) tañgᴜvi.
(?) (Repeat)

Translation

Over that black sandy land,
 Over the top came running,
Over the top came running.
 The Apache slave was killed
And his hide tanned for leather.

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Wolutâ NyՈĭ, Tie Song[2]

[By Virsak Vaĭ-ĭ]

I

Tânâhâli
Shining vavanyimhᴜ
row yanama
man hiyava
here tcimyivia
came hiyava
here nyinyivia
came kanyhᴜina
see tcokangikᴜ
darkness yatâny
here me yahatcimᴜ.
collected. (Repeat
 four
 times)

II

Panai
Coyote yahaɭi
young kavahanda
shield kikitaka
house kᴜnda
in tcomᴜ
there narsawopimᴜ
sat vanyᴜ
I am iñgi
 sâhâi
like mᴜndatcoma
in there ihinaha
shouting. kimᴜ.
 (Repeat
 four
 times)

III

Panai
Coyote yahaɭi
young tcokañgĭ
darkness yawolima
tied vᴜvᴜikanyi
toward me vanyi
leading mᴜlimᴜ
me kᴜda
in mânyoapa
brought me hanâva
there nyi
me wᴜkañgi
around yavatcᴜkia
cigarettes kiñgi
four kahimᴜna.
departures. (Repeat
 four
 times)

Mâhyal
Mahyal nâvañga
mountain kᴜka
standing tamai
top virsakᴜ
hawk yanyi
here me ʌᴜmᴜkai
with mᴜnda
in tcoma
there pᴜtâhâkimᴜ.
flop. (Repeat
 four
 times)

Translation

Here the warrior, Shining-now
 Came and saw the night around me.
Young Coyote made a shield house
 And he sat in it shouting,
And that was pleasing to me.
 Young Coyote tied the darkness;
The cigarettes were passed around,
 Four times when he led me there.
The Hawk on Mahyal mountain[3]
 Stood with me beating his wings.

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Mâ-âtʽkʽ NyՈĭ, Scalp Song[4]

[By Virsak Vaĭ-ĭ]

I

Siyaliñgû
East tangio
direction yâtamû
man taiwonyᴜ,
arose, *sivaliñgû
east tangio
direction yâtamû
man aiwonyᴜ;
arose; kᴜhᴜwᴜsi
kind of yâsĭkamû
flowers nyâvatcᴜki
cigarettes vany
I nanamᴜ
meet komâ
there hâkomâ
smoking. hanyᴜ.
 (Repeat
 all;
 then
 repeat
 twice
 from
 *)

II

Navamokᴜ
Drunk nyaka,
false said, navamokᴜ
drunk nyakatci,
me about said, ñgamova
there mᴜkâ
far mᴜndᴜhᴜna.
running. (Repeat)

*Rsâĭñgal
Pitiful anyimoinañga
my soul wᴜwᴜmᴜ
with navamo
drunk Kakândakᴜ
Crooked nânhâvañgᴜ
mountain yaihimᴜ.
moving toward. (Repeat
 twice
 from
 *)

III

Kamo
There nyi
I himᴜna,
go, *kamo
there nya
I himᴜna;
go; kᴜsi
kind of ʌᴜñgiomi
reddish nâvaita
liquor nyitcona
I caused
to drink pia
not nyiki
me navamok
drunk rsakalâĭ
stagger mᴜmᴜhᴜlimᴜ.
run. (Repeat
 twice
 from
 *)

IV

Yâhândᴜ
Sandy kavinyĭk,
hill, *yâhândᴜ
sandy kavinyĭk;
hill; kᴜnda
in Ĭgalĭ
kind of nyohonyoiʌᴜ
vulture taiwonyᴜk
come out
running hanâ
there vany
my wᴜkany
around tcᴜwᴜt
land ʇamᴜ
on tânâhâli.
shining. (Repeat
 all;
 then
 repeat
 twice
 from
 *)

Translation

There arose in the East Land
 One whom I met there smoking
Flowerlike cigarettes.

Running dazed and falsely speaking
 Pitiable and faint-hearted
I feel at Crooked mountain.

There I'm going, there I'm going.
 I have to drink the liquor
That makes me stagger as I run.

Vulture arose from Sandy hill
 Shining upon the land around.

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V

Kâkâmaki
Gray tâkᴜtât
spider makaiñga
magician tcᴜ,
find, *kâkâmaki
gray tâkᴜtât
spider makaiñga
magician tcᴜ;
find; kᴜsi
kind of tcopolima
squarely kihâta
like a kiâhâ makai
magician nyahañga,
he said, haiya,
(?) hiya,
(?) hiyaka,
(?) himᴜ.
(?) (Repeat
 as
 above)

VI

Kahova
Up there hinakimᴜ
shouting, *kahova
up there hinakimᴜ;
shouting; yatciʌᴜ
Atci tâvañga
hill wᴜtcâva
under hinakimᴜ
shouting yâtam
people hawᴜs
all am
there rsâĭkâ
poor ʌᴜkaitcᴜna.
said. (Repeat
 as
 above)

Translation

The Gray Spider magician
 He made a square kiâhâ.
He is indeed a magician.

They are shouting, they are shouting,
 Around the hill of Atci.
The poor people there are shouting
 As the news of battle comes.


KoꞀ(d)û Ha-akam NyՈĭ, (?) Olla Song[5]

[By Virsak Vaĭ-ĭ]

I

Patamahimᴜ,
Where going, patamahimᴜ,
where going, vapi
not yâĭɟima
quick tciviahimᴜ
come nañgᴜsi
I guess yᴜkiyᴜpai
already somewhere mokonama
die mᴜhiʌᴜpâ
fire like kama
there hyova
distant kᴜkimᴜ.
stand. Haya
(?) mailo
(?) mane.
(?) (Repeat
 ad
 lib.)

II

Namᴜ
You tâny
do me yavany
raven hitconakĭ
to make yo-osĭ
tree kokapᴜ
top vany
me naki-hiya.
hang. (Repeat
 ad
 lib.)

III

Kanŏñgalĭ
Far down vavai
rocks tânᴜn(d)âma
shining yovi
woman napᴜthiñgi
you rsaitc
grass ᴜnda
in yañgitâka
hide mᴜndᴜkai
run samᴜ
there tamai
top pahañgᴜ
eagle namᴜkᴜ
meet kakᴜvihimᴜ.
whipping. (Repeat
 ad
 lib.)

Translation

Now where is he, where is he,
 That he has not already come?
Yes, I fear that he has been killed.

You hung the Raven trophies
 On a pole and danced around them.

Amid the rocks of the mountain
 The women tried to hide themselves;
But the men ran and killed them.
  1. ↑ Sung on returning victorious from war. The singers dance and shake gourd rattles. This is believed to be a very old song original with the Pimas.
  2. ↑ Sung on return from an Apache campaign at the time when the hair of the enemy is tied by the aged companion appointed for each successful warrior.
  3. ↑ Mahyal is the Pima name of the mountains about Silver King.
  4. ↑ Accompanied by dancing.
  5. ↑ When the Pimas were victorious the women sang these songs at the moment of hearing the first news from the runners that came in advance of the war party.
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