Ii. Mourning Songs. 96

p. 59

96.

Ha'k!un dA gudA'ns k!in gu gAm qe'id LAk!ala ?a d

Like that you thought although ? not tree shelter of in

dA q!a'oda-dja.

you seated me?

If you thought so (i. e., if you chose to die), why did you not seat me in the shelter of a tree? 1

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Footnotes

59:1 The last part of this is metaphorical. It means, "Why did you die so suddenly?"