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Ii. Mourning Songs. 94

94. 2

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!iwa'-i L! nA q'As L gw nA qa'-ida.

The trail (of the dead) but one could see if upon one (= I) could go,

Gwai'y dA 'ldjiwa-i.

Elder brother, your whole body.

If I could see the trail (of the dead), I would enter upon it.

Elder brother, (I want to see) your whole body.

Footnotes

58:2 Sung by a man named Sklqo'Las for his brother.

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