Usus kepodonones

The time when I was sick.

 

Usus kepodonones, podono kekutanowe, noŋino kejedu kecamenowe ya. Mudu jas ledagiñe, kemododanowe. Kemododanes. Mudu jas dagis kedagines, udu edena manoneda ya. Keye makumeneje, jidi bududu kume madaneje. Di edena jidi edenan majedeñedas. Mada bulu dalo mabelinoda, udu edenadu eke madañeda, udu edena eke dañe madusuda. Pespesis ebe gadadu maduñedan, zo sudu da dibodoni galos, eke madañeda ya. Kudis kidi giŋis makuloneje. Leŋeye sumadus makuyeneje. Sumadus piŋi kecamenes, gobogobo basi kecamenes. Lesenezes, "Odo! Dike odo! Gepe keye kuñe!" Edena keye masadunuweneje deme. Besadi genedu dunu kecamenes degedege. Adi gene adi gene bese gene sada, keye saluguñeneje. Keye jedeñeneje ŋena udu edenan sakumenedas, yanna sayodonedas. Sasenedas, "Do ele leye laki. Yada kuye odo! Gepe yada kuñe!" Edena keye kuye mayodoneje ya. Sasenedas, "Kede ebe gadadu leye lakin kume da!" Ebe gadadu keye kume madaneje. Leŋeye sumadupe piŋi gada maketaneda. Zo supe edena madaneda, zo idis majedeñeneda ya. Kodu zunus besadi gene keye sasedeneje. Kodu lenones aya. Mudu jas ledagines, ledoñe edalonze. Podoje kebañenowe idus.

Translation

The time I was sick, I was very sick, I thought I was going to die. I lay down on the mat, and I dreamed. I dream. I was lying on the mat, and the wind spirits came. They grab me and take me to the bottom of a dry wash. These spirits play with the dry wash spirits. They twist up the sand and send it to the wind spirits, and the wind spirits send it back. They show you water in the distance, and then before you get there, they take it away. They dragged me over thorns and sharp rocks. They hit me all over my body. I felt pain all over, I felt all kinds of bad. I said to them, "Stop! Stop these things! Be good to me!" But the spirits did not listen to me. Suddenly, I saw my great uncle. He was grandmother's grandmother's uncle, and he helped me. He grabbed the spirits who were playing with me, and he stopped them. He said to them, "This person is my daughter. Stop hitting her. Be good to her." So the spirits stopped hitting me. He said to them, "Take my daughter to the sacred pool." They took me to the pool. They washed the pain from all over my body. Then the spirits left there, and played somewhere else. Great uncle set me on the path to home. And so I came home. I lay down on the mat, and my eyes opened. Afterwards, I started to recover.

 

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