Haida Songs: I.--Cradle-Songs: 69.

Qoandî'gîni qoandî'gîni kî'lsLa-i+,
There used to be plenty, | there used to be plenty, | chief,
DAñ nâ'ga ga L!a'hao qoa'ndîgînî kî'lsLa-i+;
Your | house | in | but | there used to be plenty, | chief;
Qoandî'gîni qoandî'gîni kî'lsLa-i+,
There used to be plenty, | there used to be plenty, | chief,
Qoandî'gîni qoandî'gîni kî'lsLa-i+,
There used to be plenty, | there used to be plenty, | chief,
Lgua' nAñ L! tâ'nga hû'gAñgîn kîndâ'la wA k!ia'oga gî la
While | one | they | came to by canoe, | saying hû on canoe, | great (= chief), | waiting for it | for that
gâgîñâ'ñ-galgal.
you cry and move.
Qoandî'gîni, qoandî'gîni kî'lsLa-i; qoandî'gîni, qoandî'gîni,
There used to be plenty, | there used to be plenty, | chief, there used to be plenty, | there used to be plenty.
kî'lsLa-i.
chief.

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief,
There used to be plenty in your house, chief;
There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief;
There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief.

Footnotes

46:1 The child is supposed to call others of his family by aristocratic names, and himself by a low one.