201. FIRST SONG OF THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP.

1. Yìki ¢asizìni,

2. Kaç Tsilkè-¢igìni,

3. Kaç kátso-yisçàni,

4. Tsí¢a baälìli,

5. Bíja-ye¢igíngo.

6. Kaç Tcikè ¢igìni,

7. Kátsoye yisçàni,

8. Yìki ¢asizìni,

9. Tsí¢a baälìli,

10. Bíja-ye¢igíngo.

202. _Translation._--1, 8. Yìki, upon it; ¢asizin, he stands on high.

2, 6. Kaç, now; tsilkè, young man; tcikè, young woman; ¢igìni, holy.

3. Kátso-yisçàn, the great plumed arrow; kátsoye yisçàn, with the great

plumed arrow. 4, 9. Tsí¢a, truly, verily; baälìli, an alili, a show,

a rite, or implement used in a dance for him. 5, 10. Bíja, his treasure,

his special property, his peculiar belonging; ye, with, a prefix forming

nouns which denote the means; ¢igíngo, positively holy or supernatural.

Bíja-ye¢igíngo might be translated "charm" or "talisman."

The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 · 第 16 / 59 题