Songs of Kumastamxo (Yuma)

"The Wind is wandering, is wandering;
The Wind is wandering, is wandering."

"The house will burn, will burn.
The house will be crackling, will be crackling.
It will blaze.
We are going to dance.
It is going to be lighted.
It is going to be lighted.
It will blaze.
We are going to dance.
Something bird-like is coming. *

Bird-like tracks will be about the place.
We are going to light this unclean house.
It will blaze, blaze."

"This is my water, my water.
This is my river, my river.
We love its water.

We love its foamwood.
It shall flow forever.
It shall flow forever.
When the weather grows hot, it shall rise and overflow its banks.
It shall flow forever."

"Into the earth I go down, go down.
Nothing but earth will I be seeing, will I be seeing.
I sink down into the old river-bed,
Down into the interior."

"I am springing, springing.
Wing-feathers!
Body-feathers!
On my hands wing-feathers.
On my body body-feathers."