261. PRAYER TO DSILYI` NEYÁNI.

1. Dsilyi` Neyáni!

2. Dsil banaçà!

3. Tsilkè!

4. Naçàni!

5. Nigèl icla`.

6. Na¢è hila`.

7. Cikè caä¢ilil.

8. Citcàç eaä¢ilil.

9. Citsès eaä¢ilil.

10. Cinì` eaä¢ilil,

11. Cinè eaä¢ilil.

12. Qojògo qa¢àlçe aci¢ilil.

13. Citsídje qojolel.

14. Cikè¢e qojolel.

15. Cizàç qaqojolel.

16. Qojòni qaslè,

17. Qojòni qaslè,

18. Qojòni qaslè,

19. Qojòni qaslè.

262. _Translation._--1. The name of the prophet. 2. Dsil, mountains,

banaçà, chief (or master) for them. 3. Tsilkè, young man. 4. Naçàni,

chieftain. 5. Nigèl, your peculiar sacrifice, i.e., the keçàn; icla`,

I have made. 6. Na¢è, a smoke, i.e., the cigarettes (paragraph 87), for

you; hila`, is made. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Cikè, my feet; citcàç, my lower

extremities; citsès, my body; cinì`, my mind; cinè, my voice; eaä¢ilil,

for me restore (as it was before) thou wilt. 12. Qojògo, in a beautiful

manner; qa¢àlçe, repaired, mended; aci¢ilil, restore me thou wilt. 13,

14. Citsídje, in the direction before me; cikè¢e, from behind me;

qojolel, wilt thou terrestrially beautify. 15. Cizàç, my words;

qaqojolel, wilt thou personally beautify. 16, 17, 18, 19. Qojòni, in

earthly beauty; qaslè, it is made, it is done.

263. In other prayers, closely resembling this in form, the shaman adds:

"Beautify all that is above me. Beautify all that is below me. Beautify

all things around me."

264. The division into verses is that of the chanter. He pronounces the

name in the first line; the patient repeats it after him. Then he gives

out the words in the second line, and so on. For free translation, see

paragraph 88.