dahungwho'-dung'

A long time - ago

ch'ina:n'

they say it was

ło:q'

Salmon

niyun'k'ixowił'a:tł'

they cut him up

ch'ixolchwe:-dung'

(in) myth (time) - past

A long time ago -- in Myth time -- they say somebody cut Salmon up.

haya:ł-ung'

then - it was

'a'de:ne'

he said

whe:

me

'e:n'

for my part

xoh

in vain

je'whint'uts'-te:

they cut me apart - (future)

xoh

in vain

yo:t

off away

whikyun-sa'a:n

my heart

no:na'niłq'ahs-te:

they throw it down - (future)

hay-heh

this - despite

xa:t'

still

k'iwiwh'ahł-te:

I sing along - (future)

hay-de:di

this

whing

song

And he said, "In vain they will cut me apart, in vain they will throw my heart away; whatever they do, I will always be singing this song."

de:-q'i

In this way

'a:ch'ilaw

he did it

This is what he sang:

ho:-'en-no:-'ay-'o:n-no:-'en-na:

[SONG]*

(Song)

xa'a:ch'ilaw

so he did it

haya:ł-ung'

Then - it is

de:di-ding

here - place, time (= nowadays)

ne:ł'in'-de'

you look at - if

ło:q'

a salmon

ta:sint'uts'-de'

you cut it up - when

yo:t

off away

mikyun-sa'a:n

its heart

no:łq'ahs-de'

you throw it - if

'ungya'

you see

xa:t'

still

ya:k'idmił-te:

it twitches - (future)

... so he sang. So nowadays, if you look when you cut up a salmon, when you throw its heart away it will keep on twitching.