Bates, Oric [Editor]: Varia Africana (Band 3) (Cambridge, Mass., 1922)

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HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES

sararard! . . .
abba gucci nan bgnga^ggse
25 kdn akkakie gurra gurgudddtu
kdn sifakkdtu bgnga gese
sararard! . . .
abba gucci nan gafdrsaSgese
bude budd bosoqqd
30 kdn gurri gurrdkie fakkdta
kdn sifakkdtu gafdrsa^ggse
sararard! . . .
abba gucci qierrdnsa ”ggse
luttu hattu cakkd
35 kdn si fakkdtu qierrdnsaSgese
sararard! . . .
abba gucci amakietd^ggse
gdra gamd utald
kdn si fakkdtu amakietd ^ggse
40 sararard! . . .
abba gucci nan giccd a.ggse
ndmd kudafuritti lakkdmtu
abba gucci gicilld aggse
sararard! . . .
45 abba gucci niendoAggse

niencaSggse agesu
kdn nd fakkdtu niencd^ggse
sararard! . . .
abba gucci lafo aggse
50 namiccd kalle niencd ufatu
kdn nd fakkdtu lafo aggse
sararard! . . .
abba gucci lafo agfyse
figd kalle qierrdnsa
55 kdn nd fakkdtu lafo agese
sararard! . . .
abba gucci abba fardaAggse
goto dowd difbiyu
kdn nd fakkdtu^bba fdrdaAggse
60 sararard! . . .
abba gucci Arussi aggse
tiksitu Ign Arussi aggse
kdn nd fakkdtu Arussi aggse
sararard! . . .
65 abba gucci AmdraAggse
Woldie agabu olce
kdrrd cufdn olce
dbbd gucci Amdra Waldie agese

1 Sararard! ... 2 0 thou with the vulture’s feathers, I have killed a blacksmith,
3 a Mussulman who was keeping a fast. 4 I have killed a Mussulman missionary on the
tree! 5 A monkey who looks like thee, I have killed! 6 Sararard! 1 0 thou with the vul-
ture’s feathers, I have killed a great baboon 8 who was emitting farts in his den! 9 A
great baboon, who looks like you have I killed! 10 Sararard! ... 11 0 thou of the vul-
ture’s feathers, I have killed a porcupine, 12 wicked like thee, 13 who was injuring the
budding plants! 14 A porcupine who resembles thee have I killed! 15 Sararard! . . .
16 O thou of the vulture’s feathers, I have killed a wildcat, 17 thief of the young of the
herd! 18 A wildcat that resembles thee have I killed! 19 Sararard! ... 20 O thou of the
vulture’s feathers, I have killed a wildcat 21 which destroys the bees on the trees! 22 A
wildcat that resembles thee have I killed! 23 Sararard! ... 24 O thou of the vulture’s
feathers, I have killed an antelope 25 who had ears longer than the ears of thy grand-
mother! 26 An antelope that resembles thee have I killed! 27 Sararard! ... 28 O thou
of the vulture’s feathers, I have killed a buffalo, 29 a full-grown buffalo with long horns,
30 who had ears like thy ears! 31 A buffalo that resembles thee have I killed! 32 Sararard!
. . . 33 O thou of the vulture’s feathers, I have killed a leopard, 34 the insidious robber
of the forests! 35 A leopard that resembles thee have I killed! 36. Sararard!... 37 O thou