I heard thunder rumbling
Start Time | Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey | English |
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00:02 | On ntotoli-skuweyin ihtoloqsi, | I was in my bedroom |
00:05 | on sesolahki-te ntolitahasin | and suddenly I thought about |
00:07 | nuteptun npokhulakon. | taking my drum out. |
00:09 | On nkisi-nuteptun npokhulakon, | And I did take it out, |
00:11 | 'sami nutuwak metiyakihtit petakiyik. | because I heard thunder rumbling. |
00:14 | Eci, iyey, palitahasi, | I was so happy, |
00:17 | on ehta nutahan yuta | and I went outside here |
00:20 | on ntiyaponik, "A, | and said to them, "Ah, |
00:22 | eqanu petakiyik. | welcome, thunder beings. |
00:24 | Eci-palitahasi peciyawolotiyeq. | I am so happy you are here. |
00:27 | Kpeci-naciphawa-al-ote Tili." | You must be here to take Tillie home." |
00:30 | Nit ehta-te ntolintuwatomon | Then I started singing |
00:32 | "Eqanu-te." | the Welcome Song. |
00:33 | Aha. | Yes. |
00:34 | Iya, naka eltaqahk npokhulakon, | Yes, and my drum was so loud, |
00:37 | naka nteweponomon, | and I lifted it up |
00:39 | on-oc eltaqsihtit petakiyik. | and the thunder would rumble louder. |
00:41 | On nkisintuwatomon | Then I sang |
00:44 | ehpituwey lintuwakon | the woman's song |
00:47 | on naka tuhtuwas. | and the Pine-Tip Song. |
00:49 | On yut oloqiw nuckuwyan. | So I came over here. |
00:51 | Nponekuhsan nit latuwakonok, | I went down the stairs, |
00:52 | naka tehpu ntotolihtehmon | all the while beating |
00:54 | npokhulakon. | my drum. |
00:56 | Psi-te yut | I went |
00:56 | npossoni-wiwonihtehmon | all around the house beating |
00:58 | npokhulakonum. | my drum. |
00:59 | Cel ste ntolomols | I felt as if |
01:00 | olotahkewakonok eyyan. | I were doing a ceremony. |
01:04 | Wiciw, ihik, petakiyik. | Together with the thunder beings. |
01:05 | Iya. | Gee. |
01:06 | Aha, eltaqsihtit! | Yes, and they were loud! |
01:08 | On yet oloqiw nsehkan naka, iyey, | So I stood over there and |
01:11 | nkisintuwatomon, "Kcuwi-anelsultipon." | sang the Humble Song |
01:15 | Iya, on mehcintuwatom nit, "Kcuwi-anelsultipon," | Yes, and when I finished singing it, |
01:18 | nit-te ntoltehmon npokhulakon. | I beat my drum. |
01:22 | Iya, on, iyey, | Yes, and then |
01:23 | nit-te-na macelan, on nkossahan, | it started raining, so I came inside |
01:26 | on ntahhin ihtoloqsi. | and stayed in my bedroom. |
01:28 | On nmossis Lorraine | Then my sister Lorraine |
01:30 | nsakhi-kinuwehtakun eli-mehcinehsit. | called me to tell me that [Tillie] had just died. |
01:33 | On ntiyahpon... Itom, iyey, | And I said... She said, |
01:36 | "'Tolomiphawal petakiyik." | "The thunder beings came for her." |
01:37 | Ntiyahpon, "Kat-olu, nit-ona nil | I said, "That's right, that's what I |
01:39 | yuhuk nahaht, Darrell naka Yo." | just told Darrell and Yo." |
01:41 | 'Peci-naciphawal petakiyik. | The thunder beings came for her. |
01:44 | Ancestors. | Ancestors. |
01:45 | Aha, ntiyahpon Lorraine -- | Yes, I told Lorraine -- |
01:48 | nikk tahk Yo naka Darrell -- | I mean Yo and Darrell -- |
01:51 | ntiyaponik, "Eci-wolinaqsit | I said, "Tillie looked so |
01:54 | elomi-ewepiphut not Tili. | beautiful as she was taken up! |
01:58 | Eci wolinaqsit, psi-te wapsewe." | She looked so beautiful |
02:05 | Eci-te palitahasuwewuk, | I was so happy for her, |
02:08 | ansa-te ntolomols wasis, iyey, | I felt like a child who |
02:10 | keq milut piley layyektakon, | has been given a new toy, |
02:13 | elomiyat Tili. | when Tillie left. |
02:15 | Gee. | Gee. |
02:15 | Iya, | Yes, |
02:16 | eci-te palitahasuwewuk, | I was so happy for her, |
02:19 | eci-wolelomoqet. | she is so fortunate. |
02:22 | Ma-tehc apc nomihtuwon | She will never again see |
02:23 | ksinuhkewakon. | sickness. |
02:25 | Psi-te nit nokka-nokotomone. | She has left it all behind. |
02:29 | Iya. | Yes. |
02:30 | - Iya. | - Yes. |
02:32 | Naka eci-wolinaqsit, | And she looked so good, |
02:33 | cel ste ska kisi-sufferuwihq, | she looked as if she hadn't suffered, |
02:36 | init? | didn't she? |
02:38 | Iya. | Yes. |
Information
Capture Date
2010-05-30
Video Length
02:00
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