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Today we'll talk

yoo gúúb nunum burum aŋgu ilóbëlamin

about the threats to the village, at the time of our ancestors,

a bëlééri ha bukoor guliix ka bëëbëŋkënitó

in relation to what I have heard about the cries of the animals.

hëgëni ayégex a harox ka ëbënëŋ

There is a bird called "bulooxelooxuun"

amu bulooxëlooxuun

a bird called "buxoonoot"

buxoonoot

a bird called "alaata"

alaata

a bird called "lutut"

lútút

Then there is an animal called the hyena,

ëdëëk ëbënëŋ ayena mundum

and the antelope called "antelope of the cemetery"

in ësól ëgëni ayena ësól ha buhúb

The antilope of the cemetery, back in the day they said when you heard it cry

ësól ha buhúb num guliix ayeni guyégeŋ ëmër arox

you know that in that family there will be death.

unayeŋ buyeŋka budiim bumbooŋ bugër ëfúkóróh na

same for the hyena, why is it said: your mouth is ugly like a hyenas?

hani mundum mundum ho gayenëmuh usóg burul an bu mundum

because in ancient times, when the hyena was heard crying

matah guliix mundum gayéga harox

the hyena which is called the "hyena of budooboor"

mundum ëguna ëgu huŋaan ayenuh guliix mundum ha budooboor

SometimeS, if the hyena cries like that, it is said that it cries very early before sunrise.

guruk mundum garoxi nini ayena mundum aroxi dam aroxëntiin binég ëbëg

there will be death.

mino bukookënito dannoox

The "bulooxelooxuun" sometime cries at noon.

bulooxëlooxuun arox gëgu guruk haro ka bëërix

it is the most feared one here in Djibonker.

ham ilumaa ne abëŋka naŋka Jibëëhér

When it cries around noon, during the day, the people cry out: excuse us, we are tired of these cries.

bulooxëlooxuun garoxi bëërix taw guruk uraa atax abeex ayenem usuominbim min aŋgu harox adehi

because they are afraid that in the course of some days you will hear that this-and-that has died.

mata ha abëŋki na gamui anegeŋ anegeŋ uyégeŋ buyeŋka kaari aciiri

That is, "bulooxëlooxuun", "buxoonoot" and "lutut"

num iŋgune bulooxélooxuun buxoonoot in lútút

it means that when you hear their cries there will b trouble in the village.

num iŋgune garoxi naŋka garoxi balééri amu a bukoor

What I know about the subject, what people in Djibonker say until these days,

hóguni iyit ho anlobohne na Jibëëher abëgni bahan gúúb bulooxélooxuun buxoonoot lútút bahan gúúb

when he cries they say it is not good, there will be death in the village,

garoxi alóba alóbuma ayen guyen jóndóŋ bukookamino danoox

it won't rest.

da noox

It's not that it means war or something like that, if "the village won't rest", it is death.

guroŋ buyeŋka kati danoox kati biñaam iŋguti hëdëëk kati hóruk biciir

It is said in case of death that the village won't rest.

biciir gayenux bukookamino danoox

When lutut, or some of these other animalsor birds I've talked about, cry you know there will be trouble.

lútút garoxi ëbënëŋ amooŋ garoxi nineeŋ ipuul imeeŋ igini ihuyne uyiteŋ buyeŋka anegeŋ amooŋoŋ umuhoroxoŋ balééri

That's what we're discussing and what that boy has asked me about, that's what I know and that's what I've told him.

bëmër iraadimin gulóbëla wol um imiixeemni hóguni iyit nax hómër num gilóbemne