243. LAST SONG OF THE EXPLODING STICK. Hiè ieeè naāīà āīà i a ai aⁿ aⁿ [twice] ie. 1. Tcikè-cac-nátlehië ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya āīè. 2. Dsil aga ¢azàgië ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya āīè. 3. Tsí¢a ci cigèliye ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya āīè. 4. Yàne ¢oölànegoö ¢isitsaàye. Hiè ieeè naāīà, etc. 5. Kaç Tcikè-¢igìni ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya āīè. 6. Kos aga ¢azàgië ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya āīè. 7. Tsí¢a ci cigèliye ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya āīè. 8. Yàne ¢oölànegoö ¢isitsaàye. Hiè ieeè naāīà, etc. 244. _Translation._--1, 5. Tcikè-cac-nátlehi, Young Woman Who Becomes a Bear; Tcikè- ¢igìni, Holy Young Woman, or young woman goddess; ¢igìni qayikàl, she journeyed seeking the gods; bàniya, she found them, she met them. 2, 6. Dsil, mountains; kos, clouds; aga, peak, summit; ¢azà‘, many pointing upwards; (dsil aga ¢azàgi, on many mountain peaks). 3, 7. Tsí¢a, truly or true; cigèl, my desideratum, my special sacrifice. 4, 8. [¢]oölàne = ¢oölà¢a, some one does not believe it; ¢isitsà, I have heard; yàne and other vocables are meaningless. 245. _Free translation._ Maid Who Becomes a Bear sought the gods and found them; On the high mountain peaks she sought the gods and found them; Truly with my sacrifice she sought the gods and found them. Somebody doubts it, so I have heard. Holy Young Woman sought the gods and found them; On the summits of the clouds she sought the gods and found them; Truly with my sacrifice she sought the gods and found them. Somebody doubts it, so I have heard. 246. These songs are accompanied, in beating the drum, with a peculiar sharp strike like a sudden outburst or explosion. Hence, they say, the name, Tsin¢ilçòï Bigin. 247. FIRST DAYLIGHT SONG. Çahiz¢ìle, çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ [four times]. 1. Kaç Yikāī-acikè çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ, 2. Qaïyolkal¢e çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ, 3. Bitsídje yolkàlgo çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ, 4. Bikèc¢e yolkàlgo çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ. 5. Bitsídje qojògo çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ, 6. Bikèc¢e qojògo çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ, 7. Bizàç¢e qojògo çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ, Çahiz¢ìle, çahiz¢ìle, etc. 8. Kaç yikāī-açèç, çahiz¢ìle, ya ahāīà laⁿ, 9. Naqotsòï¢e çahiz¢ile, ya ahāīà laⁿ. [Verses 3 to 7 are here repeated.] Çahiz¢ile, çahiz¢ile, etc. 248. _Translation._--Çahiz¢ile = çahiz¢el, it hangs as a curtain or festoon; it hangs supported at both ends, i.e., the white curtain of dawn so hangs. 1. Yikāī-acikè, the Daylight Boy, the Navajo dawn god. 2. Qayolkàl¢e, from the place of dawn. 3. Bitsídje, before him; yolkàlgo, as it dawns, as the night passes away. 4. Bikèc¢e, from behind him. Qojògo, in a beautiful (earthly) manner. 7. Bizàç¢e, from his voice. 8. Yikāī-açèç, the Daylight Girl--the dawn goddess. 9. Naqotsòï¢e, from the land of yellow light (horizontal terrestrial yellow). 249. _Free translation._