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34.

Agua' q!oldjat xatgâ'l++Añ Ldjîñ xâ'-idAga-i gAn
It may be chief-woman's fathers Bella Bella people with
LûsqA'sL îndjâ'wAs gu tc!aanû' djî'îña lâ'na la'-a-a-a
return by canoe | from being angry | there | the fire | next to | that one |let
agA'ñ ha-i tc!îtgâ'go gû'anda.
let watch | and tend you | while you lie about.
Gû'sta gî dâ'gâgîña'ñ galgû'lwañ?
What | for | are you crying | and sitting around as a noble sits?
Gû'sta gî dâ'gâgîña'ñ galgû'lwañ?
What | for | are you crying | and sitting around as a noble sits?

Agua' q!oldjat xatgâ'l++Añ Gwai'got xâ'-idAga-i gAn
It may be | chief-woman's | fathers Ninstints | people | with
LûsqA'sL îndjâ'wAs gu Lgia'gustA lâ'na la'-a-a-a agA'ñ
return by canoe | from being angry | there (one) next the door | to that one | let | let
ha-i tc!îtgâ'go gû'anda
watch and tend you while you lie about.
Gû'sta gî dâ'gâgîña'ñ galgû'lwañ?
What | for | are you crying | and sitting around as a noble sits?
Gû'sta gî dâ'gâgîña'ñ galgû'lwañ?
What | for | are you crying | and sitting around as a noble sits?

Perhaps when the chief-woman's fathers return from being angry with the Bella Bella people, that one (captured slave) next the fire will take care of you while you are lying about.
For what do you cry as you sit like a noble's child?

Perhaps when the chief-woman's fathers return from being angry with the Ninstints people, that one next to the door will take care of you while you are lying about.
For what do you cry as you sit like a noble's child?


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