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45.

DAñ sgu'nxA'n gua djâ'ada kudjû'diawîs,
You | are not the only one | woman | we who belong to a low family,
DAñ sgu'nxA'n gua djâ'ada kudjû'diawîs,
You | are not the only one | woman | we who belong to a low family,
Djia'djats hao qoa'nga,
Women | are plenty,
Djia'djats hao qoan kuha'oga.
Women | plenty | belonging to a low class.

You are not the only woman of our low-class family,
You are not the only woman of our low-class family.
There are plenty of women,
There are plenty of low-class women. 1


Footnotes

33:1 This contains a polite self-abasement, which is of course intended to be taken in exactly the opposite sense.


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