254. SONG OF THE PROPHET TO THE SAN JUAN RIVER.

Aïena.

1. Nag[-a][-i] çonilínië, nag[-a][-i] çonilínië,

2. Biçhyísgo cinì` ¢eyà`

Haïniyèa, haïniyèa, [-a][-i]èe niò haïne-yàhe, oöhè.

3. Nag[-a][-i] çointyèlië, nag[-a][-i] çonilínië,

4. Biçhyísgo cinì` ¢eyà` Haïniyèa, etc.

5. Nag[-a][-i] sa[n] biçòië, nag[-a][-i] çonilínië,

6. Biçhyísgo cinì` ¢eyà`

Haïniyèa, etc.

255. _Translation._--1. Nag[-a][-i] that; çonilíni, flowing water, a

river. 2, 4, 6. Biçhyísgo, across it; cinì`, my mind; ¢eyà`, it goes,

or, it comes, it wanders to or from. 3. Çointyèli, broad water. 5. Sa[n]

biço, water of old age.

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