219. FIRST SONG OF THE HOLY YOUNG MEN, OR YOUNG MEN GODS.

1. Oöc `çqa nag[-a][-i]ë,

2. Kaç Tsilkè-¢igìni,

3. Dsil ¢ilhyíl biyàgi,

4. Biyàji naïlè.

5. Aie `çqa nag[-a][-i]ë,

6. Kaç Tcikè-¢igini,

7. Dsil çolíj biyàgi,

8. Biyàji naïlè.

220. _Translation._--1, 5. `Çqa = biçqa, amid or among them; nagai,

that, there. 2. Kaç, now; Tsilkè-¢igìni, Holy Young Man; Tcikè-¢igìni,

Holy Young Woman. 3, 7. Dsil, mountain; ¢ilhyíl, black; çolíj, blue;

biyàgi, at the foot of, at the base of. 4, 8. Biyàji, his child; naïlè,

he lays down, he leaves.

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