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I. Cradle Songs. 73
I. Cradle Songs. 73
N'-IKUN Q'
Gawa-i.
73.
'djsigwA'ns g d'nA gwa'wa s'wasi.
Not a common woman at all my child he refuses says.
Wa'g d'+nA gwa'wa nA s'wasi.
To it my child refuses, some one says.
A'ga xA'nhao nas'wa gt'n-djats xAn A'ga ina'suw+,
His own just there wants that one Eagle-woman yet his says he wants that one,
A'ga xA'nhao nas'gwa.
His own just there he will marry.
Even a noble woman my child says he refuses.
One says he refuses her.
He wants just that Eagle woman for himself (
indicating a particular one
),
Just that one he will marry.
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