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Yên dAñ î'skudals Lû gAm l dî'gu ku'ñgîñañAñ hAñ.
Truly | you are chief (or "dear") if not you on my (imp.) (knees) cry!
Dî gwa ga lgaiqendigwA'ñus.
I | am not rich.
If you are truly a chief (reborn), do not cry upon my knees!
I am not rich. 1
53:1 The child is scolded as being a reborn chief, and too great to cry.