The Devil was still dancing
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Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey |
English |
00:02 |
Ntolitahasihpon tehpu |
I thought they only |
00:03 |
etolokamok 'totoli-nomiyawal. |
saw him at dances. |
00:06 |
Naka yaq eci-wolapewit. |
And he was so handsome. |
00:07 |
Aha, |
Yes, |
00:09 |
aha, etolokamok. |
yes, at the dances. |
00:11 |
Nil-ona kis nutomon. |
I've heard that one before. |
00:12 |
Nuhkomoss nit nkisakonutomakun |
My grandmother told me the one |
00:13 |
etolokamok. |
about the dance. |
00:14 |
Eci-wolapewit yaq wot skitap |
This man who came in was |
00:16 |
sakhi-ksahat. |
so handsome. |
00:19 |
Eci-'tawkat. |
He knew how to dance really well. |
00:20 |
Wenil al-lu kisi nisukamats. |
He must have been dancing with someone. |
00:24 |
Ma-te knutomuwon |
You didn't hear |
00:25 |
wenil kisi-nisukamat? |
whom he was dancing with? |
00:27 |
Nama. |
No. |
00:28 |
Nuhkomoss itom elinaqsihtit ehpicik, |
My grandmother said there were |
00:30 |
eci-wolapewit wot skitap, |
a lot of women there, |
00:32 |
nit-te ehpicik |
and the man was so handsome that |
00:33 |
psi-te 'kotuwokamaniya. |
the women all wanted to dance with him. |
00:34 |
Itom, on wot pesq skitap |
She said that this one man, |
00:36 |
elapit pemsokhasik nomihtuwan, |
when he looked at the floor, |
00:39 |
iyey... Ipa, ntaluwiwihtomon. |
saw his... Hey, I can't say it. |
00:42 |
'Qat ansa ahahs. |
His foot like a horse's. |
00:44 |
Ahahs 'qat. |
A horse's foot. |
00:45 |
Itom, nit-te yaq 'tolomi-kakawi-qasqin |
She said that right away he |
00:47 |
imiyewikuwamok naciphan pahtoliyasol. |
ran off to the church to get the priest. |
00:49 |
Aha. |
Yes. |
00:51 |
Itom, 'tapaciyan, mec-ote yaq |
She said that he got back there |
00:54 |
not etolokat Wahant. Itom, tehpu |
and the Devil was still dancing. |
00:56 |
qeni-lahkewat nit 'samaqan. Itom, |
He just threw holy water on him, she said, |
00:58 |
nit-te etoli-ksihkassit pemsokhasik. |
and he disappeared into the floor. |
01:01 |
That's right. Nit-ona nwewitahatomon. |
That's right. I remember that, too. |
01:04 |
Ntiyahpon, "Mehsi nit leyik, uhkomi?" |
I asked her, "Why did that happen, Grandma?" |
01:07 |
Itom, 'sami... keq nit, |
She said it was |
01:08 |
Lentuwiw yaq nit neke. |
because it was Lent, |
01:11 |
Itom, ma-te wen supposed to be, iyey... |
and no one was supposed to be... |
01:13 |
...'tiyalkan. |
...dancing. |
01:14 |
'Tiyalkan, naka, iyey, |
No dancing, and |
01:16 |
tolehpok. |
no cards. |
01:18 |
Ma wen kisamkew. Ma-na wen |
No one can play cards. And no one |
01:20 |
kisi-yalkaw tan eci Lentuwimok. |
can dance during Lent. |
01:21 |
Ma-te keq wen kisi-olluhkew. |
You can't do anything. |
01:24 |
Tehpu wen imiye. |
Just pray. |