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Nenakána

Child-song

Demagóma, novanéna,

Kunemáta, kunepáta.

Pahagúna kotasúta

Nenakódu kotadúta

Nénaze tugúrata

Nénaze tudéyata

Pahagúna múrata

Demagóma wítata

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Deghóm, new-born,

Without mother, without father.

The priestess raised the knife,

Brought it down to the child’s neck.

The child thundered,

The child flashed lightning.

The priestess died,

Deghóm lived.

Perakána

The song of Pérha

Magapéra magamáta

Demagóma lakadonáta

Wedakúna wóhata

Wedawíra húlata

Lunapéra, génana lúbataya

Genanómana ménata

Deyaháma régata

Milawíra béraduta

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Great Péra, great mother

She gave milk to Deghóm

She whispered counsel

The wise obeyed her

Moon-prayer, she loved the ancestors

Remembered the ancestor-names

She led the light-village

Led two hundred into the hills

Terakána

The song of Téra

Nenasóma, kevakápa,

Teranéna, dumagúta

Honawésa, kéva hánataya

Batawíra hénadutaya

Miladéya walakórata

Demagóma dumagúta

Milawíra régata

Magabéradu, pisasóradu

Magaléva kunepéta

Toratéra wókataya

Levabára síta

Magabérani, pisasóralu

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Child-bodied, deer-headed

Third child, he escaped from danger

Single-handed he slew the deer

Fighting men he cast into the pit

Two hundred days he sailed

Saved Demagóma from danger

Two hundred men he led

To the high mountain, the fish-river

Without fear he spoke

Strong Téra spoke to the great lion

He became the lion-friend

In the high mountain, by the fish river

Kádali

Little-heart

Milanéna dumagútaya

Kádali wódanani

Kádali dumagútaya

Honanéna máta sita

Milanéna máta sita

Hapaláka gétagu

Piragána gómagu

Donasága kádagu

Havagéla déyagu

Toramága wélatana

Toramága, Kádali nénana

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She saved two hundred children,

Kádali in the forests,

Kádali saved them.

She was mother of one

And mother of two hundred.

Watered milk from the goat,

Nettle from the earth,

Gifted blood from the heart,

Egg-yolk from the sky.

Strong and tall they grew,

Strong and tall, the children of Kádali.

Yarakána

The song of Yára

Lánake dónata

Yáraze méralu

Nérakota wiradúta

Milawála meradúta

Nénali sékata

Pírani múrata

Lánake dónata

Yáraze méralu

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She gave everything

Yára of the coastlands

She gave black blade to men

Sent two hundred boats to the sea

Searched for a little child

Died in the fire

She gave everything

Yára of the coastlands

Lakokána

The song of Láko

Magaláko, demagóma lakafáfa

Lakokádaya demagóma lúbata

Lákoya méra ne lúbata

A Lákoya méradu turátata

Deyalúra sudaméradu wídata

Salasóra tuwéna wédata

Milawíra hapamúragu sérata

Milawíra kunehédagu

Lákoya magasána kárata

Lakokádaya lurakádana tórata

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Great Láko, the milk-brother of Deghóm

The heart of Láko loved Deghóm

Láko did not love the sea

But Láko travelled far across the sea

He saw the tears of the sky entering the sweet sea

He saw the salt river as it came upon them

He saved two hundred people from drowning

Two hundred people from starvation

Láko it was who made the great circle

The heart of Láko strengthened the sorrowful

Nokakána

The night-song

Neranókani, muradómani

Déyana wédalota

Tubéla déyanata

Soladéya, lanawédara

Witadóna, wedadúna

Lunadéya, duhaváragu

Lubagéna dómanagu

Piradéya, kádaloni

Lubadéya nókaloni

Redadéya, gésaloni

Lubawíra kadadéya

Neranókazeni kádalo pírata

Muradómazeni kádalo kánata

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In the dark night, in the house of death,

I saw lights.

Shining, too beautiful

Sunlight, all-seeing,

Life-giving, enabling vision.

Moonlight, shining from the soul-gate,

The house of the dear ancestors.

Firelight in my heart,

Beloved light in my darkness.

Rushlight in my hand,

Light in the heart of my friend.

In that dark night my heart burned.

In that house of death my heart sang.

Gomasóra lurakána

Lament for Gomasóra

Gomasóra regagúnana

Lenayárani tuhédatana

Gomasóra regagúnana

Malayárani tuhédatana

Temagúnaya nénana

Kunekáda wódaduta

Regagúnaya wírana

Kunekáda régatana

Tumerayára wénata

Demagómaya gésa dónata

Lenagúnanaya demagóma

Meramúradu wókatana

Tumerayára wénata

Gomasóra néne wókata

Lenagúnaya gomasóra

Meramúradu wókatana

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The ruling women of Gomasóra

Ate and ate in the fat years

The ruling women of Gomasóra

Ate and ate in the thin years

Heartlessly the priestesses

Left children in the forest

Heartlessly the ruling women

Governed the people

The time of the flood came

Deghóm offered help

The fat women condemned

Deghóm to death by drowning

The time of the flood came

Gomasóra said “no, no”

The fat women condemned

Gomasóra to death by drowning

Demagóma lubakána

The love-song of Deghóm

Demagóma, lakasása,

Magaláko lakafáfa

Peradóma witatána

Nerasóra pikaháma

Malawíranaya demagóma

Nokadómani tératana

Hegakélanaya magaláko

Sudamérani tératana

Láko sólagomani síta

Demagóma nésodu rátata

Nenatéra lakamátaduta

Demagóma novahámaduta

Láko demagómadu

Medawédani turátata

A lákoze malakádata

U múradu tunégata

A demagóma wokáta

Nemúra, nemúra

U magaláko wokáta

Lúbalo, demagóma

Genaháma sékatana

Nerasóralu sékatana

Kunénana sítatana

Hámazeni zámatana

Demagóma genamáta

Magaláko genapáta

Hámazeni zámatana

Nerasóra pikaháma

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Deghóm, milk-sister,

Great Láko, milk-brother

They lived in the house of Pérha,

In the little village on the black river.

The bad men kept Deghóm

In the house of darkness

Duties of leadership kept Láko

Down at Sudaméra

Láko was in the south-lands

But Deghóm travelled to the north-lands

To return the third child to his milk-mother

Deghóm returned to the new village

For the sake of Deghóm, Láko

Travelled across the middle world

But Láko fell and was injured

He was sick unto death

But Deghóm said

Do not die, do not die

And Láko said in his sickness,

My beloved, Deghóm

They sought their birth-village

They sought it near the black river

In the place where they were children

In that village they were joined.

Deghóm, clan-mother

Great Láko, clan-father

In that village they were joined

The little village near the black river

Meragóma lurakána

Lament for the coastlands

Demagóma yárani

Magaméra, sudaméra

Belagóma, lenagóma

Tulenayárana wídata

Wiramála lenasíta

Yuvamátanaya

Nénana nelúbatana

Senapátanaya

Nénana nesératana

U demagómaya

deyalúra wídata

U demagómaya

Merahámana wókata

A magahámanaya

Demagóma nehálatana

Deyawída luralénata

U deyalúra tumága síta

Deyalúra salaméra lénata

U salaméra tuméra síta

Salasóra sudaméraduta

Meragóma meramúrata

Milaháma yáraze nunesíta

Milawíra salamérapu

Merawálapu múratana

Kunehédani lítatana

Malapísagu négatana

Malahámana nunesíta

Sudagóma nunesíta

Meragóma murayárani

Tuméra déyani

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In the time of Deghóm

The great sea, the sweet sea

The beautiful land, the fat land

Enjoyed so many fat years

The cruelty of men was filled up

Young mothers

Did not love their children

Old fathers

Did not save their children

And Deghóm

Saw the tears of the sky

And Deghóm

Spoke to the villages by the sea

But the great villages

Did not listen to Deghóm

The eyes of the sky filled with tears

And the tears of the sky became too great

The tears of the sky filled the salt sea

And the salt sea became a flood

A salt river flowed into the sweet sea

The coastlands were drowned

In that time two hundred villages were no more

Two hundred men beneath the salt sea

Beneath the waves of the sea they died

In hunger they suffered

From poisoned fish they sickened

The cruel villages were no more

The pleasant land was no more

In the time when the coastlands died

In the day of the flood