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BINUA

SINGER:  Nurusia
AGE:  21
SEX:  Female
VILLAGE:  TB
DATE:  Feb. 15, 1966
C.S.:  Married

This is a lullaby song.
After sailing for about a year, my body has become very weak.
I am singing to you, my daughter.
We suffer from great poverty.
It is our fate to lead this kind of life.
We do not have mats or hos; we must sleep without clothing.
You are a beautiful child, but you are a fickle child also.
If I should die, you will cry for me.
Mount Bongao is very small,¹ and atop it is the [[underlined]] lagondi[[/underlined]] tree.²
If I die when you are young, I hope you will have a good life.

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1. i.e. from this distance
2. a tree whose fruit supposedly gives eternal youth to the eater.