I. Cradle Songs. 45

45.

Da sgu'nxA'n gua dj'ada kudj'diaws,

You are not the only one woman we who belong to a low family,

DA sgu'nxA'n gua dj'ada kudj'diaws,

You are not the only one woman we who belong to a low family,

Djia'djats hao qoa'nga,

Women are plenty,

Djia'djats hao qoan kuha'oga.

Women plenty belonging to a low class.

You are not the only woman of our low-class family,

You are not the only woman of our low-class family.

There are plenty of women,

There are plenty of low-class women. 1

Footnotes

33:1 This contains a polite self-abasement, which is of course intended to be taken in exactly the opposite sense.