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1. KạtNow TsówenatlehiTsówenatlehi saʻfor me niyĭ′nigi,he brings, yeyeyéna.(meaningless.)
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2. BĭnáyeBĭnáye TsagániAháni saʻfor me niyĭ′nigi,he brings, yeyeyéna.(meaningless.)
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3. Tsĭ′daTruly laone bĭnáihis eye saʻfor me niyĭ′nigi,he brings, yeyeyéna.(meaningless.)
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4. DĭnéʻPeople nahostlĭ′di.are restored. SaʻFor me niyĭ′nigi,he brings, yeyeyéna.(meaningless.)
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In line 1, stanza I., Nayénĕzgạni is changed to Yéinaĕzgạni, and in line 1, stanza IV., Bĭnáye Aháni is changed to Bĭnáye Tsagáni. Nahostlĭ′di in the last line of each stanza is rendered here “restored,” but the more exact meaning is, not that the original people are called back to life, but that others are given in place of them. This verb is used if a man steals a horse and gives another horse as restitution for the one he stole.

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Navaho Legends, Project Gutenberg eBook #60165

III. I.