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The morning dirges

haŋaana

The day the deceased has been buried, come,

yoon dëni wur umoŋ ëhubbaane

the following day

jicuŋkonom

his female relatives and the family of his wife

ñëntina aŋga jamaaŋ ka udikaaŋkanam

they come and sit

andëëgët andëët annooh

in the house of the deceased

a xoona ha koona amu ëgini biriib anenum

and they sing.

anaŋgu ëyin

early morning

tëpur tëpur

Early morning, that's when they come.

tëpur tëpur gaŋkanti hëdëëk

Early morning, his sister, like Ajukia in my case,

tëpur tëpur ulinahanam ulinahanam ani ajukia agune

she gets up and informs everyone with a shout.

aceŋg awoogor

She shouts early in the morning.

awoogor tëpur tëpur

When she has shouted everybody knows that, ah,

gawoogoriéét tëpur tëpur wurówur ayit buyeŋkha ah

they say

ayen di

we're going over there to sing the dirges.

indëxuruxo biŋeen haŋaana

As she shouts it's like she calls everyone together.

n awoogorne axaani ani gahuyumi

She calls for you to come.

ahuy guhuy buyeŋka udëëtëŋ

When they come, they come right inside the house, it's not the deceased wife who will intone that song.

gandëëti andëëk bahan muŋkoonam guroŋ udikaani iŋguti buja ka guyin guŋgooŋ

It's his sisters

alinaaŋkanam

who'll strike up the songs of their family.

iŋkanti buja ka hëyinkéénén hëyinkéénén ka koonahéénén

when they sing,

gëyini

sometimes, they'll also strike up the wive's father's song in case he is dead.

anjaxa num guruk udikaani ëdimba bëëbëm aciir anjaxanum guyin ka bëëbëm

If her mother is dead they also sometimes sing the mother's song,

guruk nuunum aciir anjaxanum guin ka nuunum

the one she has chosen for herself

gun axaanane

and they sing it.

anaŋg ëyin

They'll sing until sunrise,when the sun becomes visible on the horizon, when it grows larger,

ëyinkerex bahan koraas gacuufuti adiheleni tek

they stop

ambala

until the next day.

bahan jicum

And they stay there

aŋgu annooxorona

maybe until late morning and then they say: I'll return home.

ge guruk guraas gudiigén ayenem iŋeixerex abi koona ayenem yoo

She'll return home, maybe she's reserved some rice there.

aŋeixere bahan koona kat afahutibim kojop

She'll have her rice

ajoppot holukonom

so that at noon she tells her folks that goes back to the funeral.

burundeet bëërix ayeneeneŋ aŋei a biriib

She comes to the funeral and sits down

aŋeet a biriib adëët anooh

If itis a man it is done twice

n' agune udiigén ayenkuruh hanaak

He is mourned twice

ariibhuruh hanaak

The day after they come back to sing,

jicumkonom aŋei andëët aŋaana

but the the following day they won't come again.

dahankanam daŋei ayeya

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They won't drum again

daŋei amala jakuun

they only sing dirges.

haŋaana bare gaŋkanti

They won't drum again

daŋei amala jakuun

They come only for the dirges

haŋaana hahaaŋ gaŋkantine budëëk

When they are done, the whole family sits down again, the female relatives sit down.

gantijini budim mes aŋei udikaam ñantina annoox

After a week, on the same weekday,

adëëk binoom gadéli

you tell them: well, I say...

uyeneeneŋ yoon miyéni

let's go, look for something to put in our bellies

indëëkóŋ uguni ëjir guruk acooc hon axan buxaan ka biyéékenem

and we disperse.

anaŋgu imbiraiyoŋ