Sihek
(Micronesian Kingfisher - Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina)
Ilek-ñiha i man åmko',
(The old people say,)
yanggen gaige hao gi halom tåno',
(if you are in the jungle,)
cha'-mo tattittiye i sihek yanggen chineflåflågue hao,
(don't follow the sihek if it whistles to you,)
sa' nina' abak hao,
(because it will make you get lost,)
kinenne' hao mås hålom gi taddung gi halom tåno'.
(it will take you further into the deep of the jungle.)
NOTES
Chefla = to whistle
Cheflåggue = to whistle to someone
Interesting. I've never heard this said of the Sihek, lao giya Saipan, man ma a'alok i man amko na cha'mo tumatitiyi i paluma ni mafanana'an "Na'abak" (no irony there) gi halom tano, sa tenki nina'abak hao.
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