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 * Pes || dĭlyĭ′li || da‘honíhe || ásde || nahaníya.
 * Knives || yellow || dangle high || from || he arrives.
 * Nisása || dĭnĭgíni, || síka || tóta.
 * Your treasures || you holy one, || for my sake || not.
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 * Nisása || dĭnĭgíni, || síka || tóta.
 * Your treasures || you holy one, || for my sake || not.
 * }
 * }

In endeavoring to explain the meaning of this song, the singer related that Nayénězgani said to his mother, "You are the divine one, not I." She replied, "No, you are the divine one." They were exchanging compliments. Then he said, "Not for my sake, but for yours, were these treasures (weapons, etc.) given by the Sun. They are yours." For the meaning of bizá (his treasure), see note 246. Nizá or nĭza means your treasure; the last syllable is here repeated perhaps as a poetic plural. The houses of knives are said to be the different chambers in the house of the Sun. Meaningless syllables are omitted in this text.