II.398Reel 12, side ASuusamyr, 19864 min 02 s
Lament at the forty days
Cholpon Kasym kyzy, at a neighbour's house; recorded by Aigul Choro kyzy
The listening copy of this reel is in the reading room. Online listening opens volume by volume as the families agree.
English working translation by the archive. The Iradi text is in the reading-room catalogue.
1Forty days the yurt has had its door to the east,2forty days I have not combed my hair,3today the door turns back. Tell me how to turn.
1 The door faces east during mourning in the Suusamyr; see the collector's note on reel 12.