227. TWELFTH SONG OF THE HOLY YOUNG MEN.

E[-a][-i]èa qàla éla yaináhe, oöhè.

E[-a][-i]èa qàla éla yainooò yaaà yooò [three times],

E[-a][-i]èa qàla éla yainà, qàla èla qainàhe oöhè.

1. Dsil ilhyíli inlòooò yaaà yooò,

2. Tsintsoï ¢ilhyíli inlòooò yaaà yeeè.

3. Ci cigèlgo yainà,

Qala éla qainàhe oöhè.

4. Dsil çolíji inlòooò yaaà yooò,

5. Tsintsoï ¢ilhyíli inlòooò yaaà yeeè,

6. Ci cigèlgo yainà,

Qala éla qainàhe oöhè.

228. _Translation._--1, 4. Dsil, mountain; çilhyíl, black; çolíj, blue.

2, 5. Tsintsò, a notched stick used in ceremonies to make music; inlo

(inla`), they lie there (two long hard things lie). 3, 6. Cigèl, my

ultimatum, my desideratum (said of the peculiar sacrifice which belongs

to each god), something I (the god) will have and accept nothing in

place of it, my special sacrifice.