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Û'hua qînda'l, û'hua qînda'l (la)
Mightiest | chief, | mightiest | chief,
T!ak!î'ngâña ga La' qî'nwa-i gaatxA'n qî'ndju,
His own children | go to (to be born) | (be born from) come out of | without it (why not) | chief,
Û'hua qînda'l, û'hua qînda'l, û'hua qînda'l, la?
Mightiest | chief, | mightiest | chief, | mightiest | chief?
Û'hua qînda'l, û'hua qînda'l la,
Mightiest | chief, | mightiest | chief,
Gî'sto dAñ Lû yû'ga a'wañ qî'ndju,
Who | you | as | large | settled down | chief,
Û'hua qînda'l, û'hua qînda'l?
Mightiest | chief, | mightiest | chief?

p. 49

Mightiest chief, mightiest chief,
Why did not he (Gadaga') choose to be born from his own grandchildren (instead of from some of his sisters' children), chief,
Mightiest chief, mightiest chief, mightiest chief?
Mightiest chief, mightiest chief,
Who is settled down into such affluence as he (Gadaga'), 1
Mightiest chief, mightiest chief?

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Footnotes
  1. 49:1

    Gadaga', according to story, was the greatest chief of the People-of-Sea-Lion-Town.

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