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Lgâ'xet gîtîna'-i.

52.

Â'gua t!a'gagua gagî'ñañ awâ'gua kî'lsLa-i?
Right here | for it | crying | sitting right here, | chief?
Â'gua t!a'gagua gagî'ñañ awâ'gua kî'lsLa-i?
Right here | for it | crying | sitting right here, | chief?

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Â'gua ha'yat xA'nhao djâ'sasgaña dAñ gô'tga djî'ldasga
Right here | will not belong | your sisters | yours | sit up higher | make him,
    kî'lsLa-i?
    chief?
Lgâ'natsgâ'ña sq!ens is ga t'agAñalxañgA'ns gaña'ñ dAñ
Cousins (yours are) | sea-gulls | are (like) | some people | make them cry by stepping on | like | you
    xê'tga sûsgî'ñgAs kî'lsLa-i.
    in front of | say is going to be | chief.
Â'gua t!a'gagua gagî'ñañ awâ'gua kî'lsLa-i?
Right here | for it | crying | sitting right here, | chief?

Are you crying for it, chief?
Are you crying for it, chief?
Are you crying for your sisters, that you be seated up higher (on a pile of blankets)?
For your cousins, that there be people in front of you as numerous as if people made sea-gulls cry, being obliged to step on them,--
For those things are you crying here, chief?


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