Nettie Ruben: "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (1957)

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[1]	ikxunanáhaanich	kun'íin	mukeechíkyav	xákaan
	evening.star	they.were.living	his.sweetheart	with.(one.person)

Evening Star lived with his sweetheart.

[2]	kári	xás	xára	vúra	yâamach	kunkupá'iinahitih
	then	then	long.time	Intensive	pretty	they.lived.in.that.way

And they lived nicely for a long time.

[3]	áxmay	vúra	kunpáxviipha
	suddenly	Intensive	they.quarreled

Suddenly they quarreled.

[4]	kári	xás	upvâaram	peekxuraráhaan
	then	then	he.went.back	Evening.Star

And Evening Star left.

[5]	kári	xás	chavúra	upvápiroopithvutih	peethívthaaneen
	then	then	finally	he.went.back.around	the.world

Finally he went around the world.

[6]	yíiv	vúra	tu'íipma
	far	Intensive	he.arrived.again

He went far away.

[7]	kári	xás	pa'asiktávaan	uxús	ii	ninikeechíkyav
	then	then	the.woman	she.thought	oh!	my.sweetheart

And the woman thought, "Oh, my sweetheart!

[8]	hûut	ník	vúra	panikupeepmáhaheesh	paninikeechíkyav
	how	a.little	Intensive	that.I.will.see.him.that.way.again	my.sweetheart

How will I ever see my sweetheart again?

[9]	ii	vúra	tusáyriihva
	oh!	Intensive	she.was.lonesome

Oh, she was lonesome.

[10]	i'kúkam	tupikrîish
	outdoors	she.sat.down

She sat down outdoors.

[11]	ii	tá	nasáyriihva	tóo	xus
	oh!	PERF	I.am.lonesome	she.had	think

"Oh, I'm lonesome!" she thought.

[12]	púyava	kúkuum	vúra	imáan	ikxúrar	tupikrîish
	you.see	again	Intensive	tomorrow	evening	she.sat.down

So again the next day she sat down outdoors in the evening.

[13]	hûut	áta	pánikupheesh
	how	maybe	that.I.will.do

"How ever shall I do?"

[14]	kári	xás	uxús	man'áta	pákuri	nikyâavish
	then	then	she.thought	maybe	song	I.will.make

And she thought, "Maybe I'll make a song.

[15]	vaa	xasík	vúra	panikupeepmáhaheesh	paninikeechíkyav
	so	then.(future)	Intensive	that.I.will.see.him.that.way.again	my.sweetheart

That way I'll see my sweetheart again.

[16]	kári	xás	kúkuum	imáan	i'kúkam	tupikrîish
	then	then	again	tomorrow	outdoors	she.sat.down

And again the next day she sat down outside.

[17]	kári	xás	upakúriihva
	then	then	she.sang.songs

And she sang.

[18]	vaa	uxús	vaa	xasík	vúra	panikupeepmáhaheesh
	so	she.thought	so	then.(future)	Intensive	that.I.will.see.him.that.way.again

She thought, "That way I'll see him again."

[19]	ta'ítam	upakurîihvaheen
	so	she.sang.songs

So she sang.

[20]	ii	ninikeechíkyav	mít	tá	nupáxviiphat
	oh!	my.sweetheart	near.past	PERF	we.quarreled

"Oh, my sweetheart! we quarreled.

[21]	ii	víri	chími	núpiini
	oh!	so	soon	let.us.live.as.two.again

Oh, let's live as two again!

[22]	ii	ninikeechíkyav	tá	nasáyriihva
	oh!	my.sweetheart	PERF	I.am.lonesome

Oh, my sweetheart, I am lonesome!

[23]	víri	xáat	ithivthaneen'ípan	ti'íipma	vaa	káan	iparamsíipreevish
	so	may	the.end.of.the.earth	you.go.back	so	there	you.will.start.going.back

You may go to the end of the earth, (but) you will come back from there.

[24]	ôok	ithivthanéen'aachip	xasík	nupinívruuhtunveesh
	here	the.middle.of.the.world	then.(future)	we.will.roll.together.again

We will roll together here at the middle of the world.

[25]	patupíkyaar	poochiihvîichvuti	kári	xás	peekxuraráhaan	uxús	ii	tá	nasáyriihva
	when.she.finished	when.she.was.singing.a.love.song	then	then	Evening.Star	he.thought	oh!	PERF	I.am.lonesome

When she finished singing her love song, then Evening Star thought, "Oh, I'm lonesome!

[26]	ayukîi	ninikeechíkyav
	hello!	my.sweetheart

Hello, my sweetheart!

[27]	chími	kanpimúsan
	soon	let.me.go.see.her.again

Let me go see her again!"

[28]	káruma	tá	púfaat	pamúthvaay
	in.fact	PERF	nothing	his.heart

The fact was, his heart was gone.

[29]	kári	xasík	vúra	múthvaay	upmáheesh
	then	then.(future)	Intensive	his.heart	he.will.see.it.again

And he was going to find his heart again.

[30]	káruma	ôok	ithivthanéen'aachip	xasík	xákaan	puráan	kunipmáheesh
	in.fact	here	the.middle.of.the.world	then.(future)	both	each.other	they.will.see.them.again

The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.

[31]	kári	xasík	pamúthvaay	upmáheesh
	then	then.(future)	his.heart	he.will.see.it.again

And he was going to find his heart again.

[32]	peekxuraráhaan	pamukeechíkyav	puráan	tá	kuníkfuukiraa
	Evening.Star	his.sweetheart	each.other	PERF	they.grabbed.them

Evening Star and his sweetheart (finally) clasped one another.

[33]

kári

xás

upíip

pa'asiktávaan

payaas'ára

u'iiníshrihaak

víri

xáat

káru

tá

kun'íitshur

víriva

vúra

upmáheesh

paninipákuriha

mûuk

then

then

she.said

the.woman

when.Humankind

it.comes.into.existence

so

may

also

PERF

they.abandon.them

so

Intensive

she.will.see.him.again

my.song

with.(by.means.of)

And the woman said, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) may also become abandoned, (but) she will find (her sweetheart) again by means of my song.

[34]	vaa	vúra	káan	uparamsíipreevish	xáat	káru	ithivthaneen'ípan	tu'íipma
	so	Intensive	there	he.will.start.going.back	may	also	the.end.of.the.earth	he.went.back

He will come back from there, (though) he may have gone to the end of the earth."

[35]	xás	ikxuraráhaan	poopkêevish	páy nanu'ávahkam	atayrámkaam
	then	evening.star	he.was.transformed	sky	a.big.star

Then Evening Star was transformed into a big star in the sky.