Coyote and the Creation, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
Coyote and the Creation, Mescalero Apache Text | ||
Then they embraced one another.
(5.10)[10]
Ákoo'a 'iłzénádaagoosndiiná'a.
'Ákoo goch'áͅdeeyáná'a.
Daagoch'iͅiͅdahdiiłndiiná'a.
Bídó bich'iͅiͅdahdaashdiiłndiiná'a.
'Áshíͅ 'ińtin yik'ehóͅóͅyáná'a.
Dá'iłtsé dá'ákohégo haná'anyá 'ich'iist'iná'ago, t'áͅyá náneełndiná'a.
Nágo'a 'it'ah dá'tinsíͅ bi'éłchiné dábimáńyił naagoyeekaná'a.
'It'ah 'áshíͅ daagodees'íͅná'a.
Dáłeen gokéyá dahdaagodeesndiná'a.
'Ákoo bídó goch'iͅiͅdahnáádaadiiłndiiná'a.
Náheeyágo haná'anyá bitsiií 'óosdiͅiͅná'a.
Ákoo'a 'iłzénádaagoosndiiná'a.
'Ákoo goch'áͅdeeyáná'a.
Daagoch'iͅiͅdahdiiłndiiná'a.
Bídó bich'iͅiͅdahdaashdiiłndiiná'a.
'Áshíͅ 'ińtin yik'ehóͅóͅyáná'a.
Dá'iłtsé dá'ákohégo haná'anyá 'ich'iist'iná'ago, t'áͅyá náneełndiná'a.
Nágo'a 'it'ah dá'tinsíͅ bi'éłchiné dábimáńyił naagoyeekaná'a.
'It'ah 'áshíͅ daagodees'íͅná'a.
Dáłeen gokéyá dahdaagodeesndiná'a.
'Ákoo bídó goch'iͅiͅdahnáádaadiiłndiiná'a.
Náheeyágo haná'anyá bitsiií 'óosdiͅiͅná'a.
Then they embraced one another.
And he started to leave them.
He waved his hand to them.
They also waved their hands to him.
Then he got to the road.
As soon as he had gone nearly out of sight, he looked back.
And his wife and children were still standing in the doorway.
They were still watching him from there.
He had waved his hand to them once more.
Then they also waved their hands toward him again.
He turned around and his head disappeared out of sight.
And he started to leave them.
He waved his hand to them.
They also waved their hands to him.
Then he got to the road.
As soon as he had gone nearly out of sight, he looked back.
And his wife and children were still standing in the doorway.
They were still watching him from there.
He had waved his hand to them once more.
Then they also waved their hands toward him again.
He turned around and his head disappeared out of sight.
Coyote and the Creation, Mescalero Apache Text | ||