I. Cradle Songs. 59
59.
L'gua xAld'gA q!'lget [ahya]
Why is it your slave close by,
Hao d lgy'gAA d sk'djiwa?
You want something you cannot get, you say?
DA q'naga kdj'geda q l q'gAn.
You are too foolish, my uncle I bore.
Why do you cry for something that you cannot get,
Sitting close by your slave? 2
You are very foolish, uncle I bore.
Footnotes
41:2 The mother calls herself the child's "slave" in jest. An "uncle" is reborn in the child.
L'gua xAld'gA q!'lget [ahya]
Why is it your slave close by,
Hao d lgy'gAA d sk'djiwa?
You want something you cannot get, you say?
DA q'naga kdj'geda q l q'gAn.
You are too foolish, my uncle I bore.
Why do you cry for something that you cannot get,
Sitting close by your slave? 2
You are very foolish, uncle I bore.
Footnotes
41:2 The mother calls herself the child's "slave" in jest. An "uncle" is reborn in the child.
