Nangnî hingzausù nonggâ hai! [29]
I am not your wife!
Em-sù bobai-nù.
To spread a mat for you.
Substitute other occupations in subsequent verses.
A Love Song.
Dui lainaiâ sùrù man?
Who was it used to draw water?
Âgùi Banbâhi sikhlâ man.
It was the maid, my sister Banbâhi.
In following verses substitute "Mikhâm songnaiâ, megong khâwâiâ,
hî dânâiâ," &c., &c. If a woman sings, she sings "Hâthi hunaiâ sura
man. Âdâ bùidîsi zålåman," and goes on with male occupations.
Women's work.
Dudugur, [30] dudugur, mâlâ-ùi.
Fisâ bânai-nî fâlâ-ùi.