Oroek

Comment

Recorded from Nikolaj Lixachev in 1986. See Text 7.

Translation

(9-1) We are traveling sliding down the river, in the warmth of the stream. (9-2) We are traveling, and the mother Oroek is flirting with Kuntuk in the middle of the river. (9-3) Many of us are moving in the middle of the river to the river mouth. We are moving away from there, seeing our people. (9-4) Mother earth had bad luck this year. It's bad luck to travel against the stream. (9-5) We are sliding upstream in the middle of mother Oroek on our opened river. (9-6) We are traveling sliding and we will stand there. The river is flirting with Kuntuk.