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3.	Tsĭ′da	la	bĭnái	sa‘	niyĭ′nigi,	yeyeyéna.
	Truly	one	his eye	for me	he brings,	(meaningless.)
4.	Dĭne‘	nahostlĭ′di.	Sa‘	niyĭ′nigi,	yeyeyéna.
	People	are restored.	For me	he brings,	(meaningless.)

In line I, stanza I., Nayénězgạni is changed to Yéinaězgạni, and in line 1, stanza IV., Bĭnáye Aháni is changed to Bĭnáye Tsagáni. Nahostlĭ′di in the last line of each stanza is rendered here "restored," but the more exact meaning is, not that the original people are called back to life, but that others are given in place of them. This verb is used if a man steals a horse and gives another horse as restitution for the one he stole.

277. SONG OF NAYÉNĚZGẠNI (NAYÉNĚZGẠNI BĬGĬ′N).

I.

Atsé	Estsán	Nayénězgạni	yilhaholnĭ′z,
Atsé	Estsán	Nayénězgạni	began to tell her of,
Bĭtéelgěti	yilhaholnĭ′z,
Téelgět	began to tell her of,
Nayé	holóde	yilhaholnĭ′z.
Anáye	from where they are	began to tell her of.

II.

Estsánatlehi	To‘badzĭstsíni	yilhaholnĭ′z,
Estsánatlehi	To‘badzĭstsíni	began to tell her of,
Tse‘nahalési	yilhaholnĭ′z,
Tsé‘nahalé	began to tell her of,
Nayé	holóde	yilhaholnĭ′z.
Anáye	from where they are	began to tell her of.

III.

Atsé	Estsán	Léyaneyani	yilhaholnĭ′z,
Atsé	Estsán	Léyaneyani	began to tell her of,
Tse‘tahotsĭltá‘li		yilhaholnĭ′z,
Tse‘tahotsĭltá‘li		began to tell her of,
Nayé	holóde		yilhaholnĭ′z,
Anaye	from where they are		began to tell her of.

IV.

Estsánatlehi	Tsówenatlehi	yilhaholnĭ′z,
Estsánatlehi	Tsówenatlehi	began to tell her of,
Bĭnáye	Tsagáni	yilhaholnĭ′z,
Bĭnáye	Aháni	began to tell her of,
Nayé	holóde	yilhaholnĭ′z,
Anáye	from where they are	began to tell her of.

Prelude, refrain, and meaningless syllables are omitted from this text.

278. SONG OF NAYÉNĚZGẠNI.

I.

Kạt	Nayénězgạni	koanígo	dĭgíni,
Now	Slayer of the Alien Gods	thus he says	a holy one,
Kạt	Tsóhanoai	koanígo,
Now	The Sun	thus he says,
Dĭgĭ′n	yiká‘	sĭzíni	koanígo.
Holy	thereon	he stands	thus he says.