Journal 1: First Trip to the United States
When I left my home on the twentieth of Octo- ber I passed through Chiapa.1 There is a river there beyond Chiapa.2 Yes!
After that, I passed through Tuxtla.3 Yes!
Then we continued on. We saw lots of cattle.
We saw many horses. We saw donkeys. We saw beautiful forests. We saw many towns. We saw rivers. We arrived at Oaxaca. Yes!
Early in the morning, the next day, we went to a hill. We went to see the ruins.4 The ruins were the ancestors' houses. Yes!
We went to see them. Ooh, but they were really beautiful. There were images there of the ancestors.
They were standing there carved in rock. They were really beautiful. Yes!
After we looked at them we came back. Yes!
We passed through the town again. Yes!
You see, we continued on again. We left prob- ably at around eleven o'clock. Yes!
When we continued on we passed over a bridge, ooh, we continued on! We saw lots of goats on the
way. Yes!
We saw lots of organ cactuses. Ooh, they were really beautiful. We saw lots of very beautiful mountains. Yes!
We passed through a great many towns. Yes!
We came through mountain passes. There was an
7A ti k'alal lital ta jnae ta j-tob 7oktubre li7ech' tal ta Soktom 7o te jun nab, ta sjelavel tal i Soktome. Ji7!
Laj 7un, li7ech' tal ta Tuxta. Ji7!
Va7i 7un, litalotikotik 7un 7o 7ikiltikotik labal vakaxetik, 7o 7ikiltik6tik 7epal ka7etik, 7o
7ikiltikotik buroetik, 7o 7ikiltikotik lekik sba te7etik, 7o 7ikiltikotik 7ep jtek-lumetik, 7o 7ikiltikotik 7uk'umetik, liyulotikotik ta Wajaka 7un. Ji7!
Sakub 7osil ta yok'omal 7une libatotikotik ta j-p'ej vitz, ba jk'eltikotik ruina, 7a li ruinae ja7 li sna ti 7antivoetike. Ji7!
Ja7 7ay jk'eltikotik, jii, pero batz'i lekik sba ta j-mek, 7oy tey lok'tabil ti 7antivoetike te va7ajtik
tey lok'tabil ta ton batz'i lekik sba ta j-mek. Ji7!
Laj jk'eltikotik 7un, lisutotikotik tal 7un. Ji7!
Li7ech'otikotik ta jtek-lum noxtok 7un. Ji7!
Va7i 7un, litalotikotik noxtok 7un, lek xa nan ta buluchibtik 7ora lilok'otikotik tal 7un. Ji7!
Va7i 7un, k'al litalotikotik 7une li7ech'otikotik tal ta jun ba k'o, jii, litalotikotik 7un, 7oy 7ikiltikotik labal chivoetik ta be. Ji7!
7Ikiltikotik labal yoyal vinajeletike, jii, batz'i lekik sba ta j-mek, 7oy 7ikiltikotik labal vitzetik batz'i lekik sba. Ji7!
70y li7ech'otikotik tal ta 7epal jtek-lumetik ta j-mek. Ji7!
70y H7ech'otikotik ta jap ch'enetik, 7oy te
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image of the Virgin of Guadalupe there in the cliffs. Yes!
We saw many pine forests on the way. Yes!
The forests there near Puebla were very beauti- ful. Yes!
We arrived at Puebla. The lights in Puebla were really beautiful. There were a great many cars. Yes!
We arrived after dark. It was probably seven o'clock.
You see, the next morning we came to Cholula.
We stopped a short time there. We went to see the church on top of the hill. We didn't go into the church, because we found it closed. Yes!
The church was perched very high on the hill, but it wasn't a hill, it was the ancestors' house. Yes!
The church was on top of the building. Yes!
We came down. We asked permission to go into the ancestors' house. Yes!
We went in to look. There was electricity inside.
It was very bright inside. We went in. There were pictures of the ancestors on the walls. There was writing and everything. It was very beautiful inside their building. Yes!
We came out. We went to the museum. Every- thing they had found inside the ancestors' house was there. Their pots were there, their plates, their cups, their spoons. All their things were there.
They had assembled everything there. Yes!
After that, we went to see a tomb, too, there on top of the ancestors' house. The tomb was there. It was covered with metal sheeting. They opened it up. We looked. There were two dead people there.
The dead peoples' skeletons could be seen. Yes!
Their bowls were there, their tortilla gourds, their salt cellars.5 All their things were there. Yes!
After we looked at that, we came back. It was probably past ten o'clock. We continued on. We took to the road. On the way we saw lots of goats.
There was cattle. There were horses. Just organ cactuses grew there. We saw that in some places.
Yes!
In other places there was just land, no forests.
We continued on a long ways. Then we were near Mexico City. The forests were really beautiful there. Yes!
Coming into Mexico City there were so many cars. The cars went under the overpasses. Yes!
We arrived at Mexico City. It was probably past one o'clock. Yes!
In Mexico City we went to see the animal museum [the zoo]. All the animals were there. Yes!
There were deer, monkeys, goats, mountain goats, lions, jaguars, coyotes, porcupines, ducks, herons, sandpipers, camels, elephants, bears, paro-
lok'tabil jun jch'ul-me7tik Valalupa, tey ta ch'entike. Ji7!
70y 7ikiltikotik labal tojtik ta bee. Ji7!
Li7 xa ta tz'el Pwevla 7une batz'i lekik sba li te7etik te yo7e. Ji7!
Liyulotikotik ta Pwevla 7un, batz'i lekik sba li lus ta Pwevlae, 7oy 7epal karoetik ta j-mek. Ji7!
71k' xa liyulotikotik 7un, 7o xa nan vukubuk 7ora.
Va7i 7un, 7isakub 7osil 7un litalotikotik ta Cholula 7un, te lipajotikotik j-likel te yo7 7une, ba jk'eltikotik 7eklixya ta ba vitz muk' xi7ochotikotik
li ta 7eklixyae yu7n makal 7ijtatikotik. Ji7!
Batz'i toyol li 7eklixyae luchul ta ba vitz, pero ma7uk vitz 7un ja7 sna ti 7antivoetik 7une. Ji7!
Ja7 te li 7eklixya ta sba li na 7une. Ji7!
Liyalotikotik tal 7un 7ijk'antikotik permiso 7un, li7ochotikotik ta yut sna li 7antivoetik 7une. Ji7!
70ch jk'eltikotik 7un, 7oy lus te ta yut nae batz'i sak x7och ech'el ta j-mek li7ochotikotik ech'el 7un, 7o te lok'tabil komel ti 7antivoetik ta spak' snaik 7une, 7oy sletraik k'utikuk ta j-mek batz'i lekik sba ta yut snaik 7une. Ji7!
Lilok'otikotik tal 7un, libatotikotik ta museo, ja7 tey skotol ti k'utikuk 7istaik ta yut sna li 7antivoetik 7une, 7oy sp'inik, 7oy splatoik, 7oy sbasoik, 7oy slechik, 7oy skotol ta j-mek k'usuk yu7unik, ja7 tey stzobojbeik skotol 7un. Ji7!
Laj 7un, ba jk'eltikotik noxtok 7a li tumpa te ta sba snaik li 7antivoetik 7une 7oy te 7a li tumpa 7un tey makal ta lamina 7isjamik 7ijk'eltikotik 7un 7oy te cha7-vo7 7anima 7un tey xvinaj sbakeltak li 7animae. Ji7!
70y te spulatu 7oy te sjay 7oy te yav yatz'am 7oy te skotol ta j-mek. Ji7!
Laj jk'eltikotik 7un taje lisutotikotik tal 7un, lek xa 7ox nan lajunebtik 7ora 7un, litalotikotik 7un 7i jtam tal jbetikotik 7un, 7a li ta bee 7oy 7ikiltikotik labal chivoetik, 7oy vakaxetik 7oy ka7etik naka xa yoyal vinajel xch'i ta j-mek, 7ikiltikotik 7a li j-lom 7une. Ji7!
7A li j-lome solel naka balamil, ch'abal te7tik, litalotikotik ta j-mek 7un H7 xa ta tz'el Mejiko 7une, batz'i lekik sba li te7etik te yo7e. Ji7!
7A li ta 7ochel tal Mejikoe toj mas li karoe, 7oy ta yolon ba k'o ch7ech'ik li karoe. Ji!
Liyulotikotik ta Mejiko 7une,7o xa 7ox nan ta jun 7ora 7un. Ji7!
7A li ta Mejikoe, 7a jk'eltikotik museo yu7n chonetik, 7oy tey skotol ta j-mek li chon te yo7e.
Ji7!
70y te7tikil chij, 7oy max, 7oy chivo, 7oy tentzun, 7oy leon, 7oy bolom, 7oy 7ok'il, 7oy ch'ix 7uch, 7oy pato, 7oy karsa, 7oy me7 7ach'el, 7oy
quets, parrots, peccaries, tapirs, macaws, armadil- los, foxes, buzzards, hawks, eagles, turtles, iguanas.
There were terribly orange fishes. There were crocodiles, raccoons, snakes, king vultures. Ooh, every single kind of animal in the world was there.
Yes!
There were loads of animals there. Yes!
After we saw those animals, we went back. We left. We went to see the palace also on top of the hill.6 Yes!
All the ancient peoples' things were there, and pictures of the people of long ago. Yes!
And their gods. As for the ancient peoples' hings, they were all made of silver and gold, the ancient peoples' things. Yes!
After that, we went high up. We reached a height from where all of Mexico City could be seen very clearly.7 Yes!
We came down. We went to another building, a bit to the west.8 Yes!
We went in. There was everything there about the ancestors; how they fought, how they killed each other, how they worked, how they ate, how they ground corn, what their axes were like, what their machetes were like, what their billhooks were like, what their metates were like, how big the people were. Ooh, there was so much. Everything about the ancestors was there. Yes!
After we looked there at that, we came out. We went to our room. Yes!
The next day, too, we went to the museum again. We went to see what the people were like long ago. Yes!
Everything to do with the ancestors was there.
The ancestors were smaller, different. Some of the people long ago were naked and some were dressed. Yes!
It looked as if they were killing each other. They were in the midst of a war. T o kill each other, some just had bows and arrows, others had pistols, and some fought with rocks. Yes!
They had everything there. Yes!
There was a grave of a king of long ago. He was there with his coffin.9 Yes!
The king of long ago had gold rings and a belt.
He had a necklace that was all gold, too. Yes!
All his things were of gold. His head was beauti- ful. His head was sparkling. Yes!
In the next room, too, all the people were stand- ing, but they were people of long ago. Yes!
The people of long ago were really ugly. They were all naked. Some of them were very hairy.
kameyo, 7oy 7elefante, 7oy 7oso, 7oy ch'el, 7oy loro, 7oy te7tikil chitom, 7oy tzemen, 7oy mo7och, 7oy kapon chon, 7oy vet, 7oy xulem, 7oy xik, 7oy 7agila, 7oy 7ok, 7oy 7inatab, 7oy choyetik batz'i tzojik ta j-mek, 7oy lagarto, 7oy me7el chon, 7oy kiletel chon, 7oy rey xulem, jii, 7oy skotol ta j-mek k'utik nox chanul 7oy ta balamile te yo7e. Ji7!
Batz'i 7ep chonetik ta j-mek te yo7e. Ji7!
Laj jk'eltikotik taj chonetik 7une, lisutotikotik ech'el 7un, libatotikotik 7un, 7ay jk'eltikotik ech'el 7un, libatotikotik 7un, 7ay jk'eltikotik noxtok 7a li kastio ta jol vitz. Ji7!
Ja7 tey skotol ti k'usuk yu7unik, ti 7antivoetike, xchi7uk slok'ob-bailtak ti krixchanoetik vo7nee. Ji7!
Xchi7uk srioxik, 7a ti k'usuk yu7unik ti
7antivoetike, naka plata naka 7oro ti k'usuk yu7unik ti 7antivoetike. Ji7!
Laj te yo7 7une, libatotikotik ta j-koj 7ak'ol, lik'ototikotik ta j-koje batz'i lek xvinaj skotol i Mejikoe. Ji7!
Liyalotikotik 7un, libatotikotik ta 7otro j-p'ej na ta mas 7olon j-set'. Ji7!
Li7ochotikotik 7un, tey skotol ti k'utikuk x7elan ti 7antivoetike, ti k'u x7elan 7issa7ik k'ope, ti k'u x7elan 7ismil sbaike, ti k'u x7elan ta x7abtejike, ti k'u x7elan ta xve7ike, ti k'u x7elan ta xjuch'unike, ti k'u x7elan ti yek'elike, ti k'u x7elan ti smachitaike, ti k'u x7elan ti slukike, ti k'u x7elan xcho7ike, ti k'u smuk'tikil ti krixchanoetike, jii, toj mas yilel ta j-mek, batz'i tey skotol ti k'utikuk x7elan ti vo7ne krixchanoetike. Ji7!
Laj jk'eltikotik te yo7 taj 7une, lilok'otikotik tal 7un, libatotikotik ta jkwartotikotik 7une. Ji7!
Ta 7otro jun k'ak'al noxtok 7une, li7ayotikotik ta museo noxtok, 7ay jk'eltikotik 7a li k'u x7elan ti krixchanoetik vo7nee. Ji7!
Tey skotol ti k'utik x7elan ti 7antivoetike, 7a li 7antivoetike mas bik'itik, mas j-chopik 7o 7oy t'anajtik j-lom, 7oy sk'u7ik j-lom ti krixchanoetike vo7nee. Ji7!
7A li 7oy ta smil sbaik yilel, yolel 7ak'-k'ok' yu7unik ta j-mek, 7a li tzmil 7o sbaike, naka p'ilom te7 j-lom, 7oy spistolaik yane 7oy ton chak'ik j-lom.
Ji7!
7A li 7oy tey skotol ta j-mek. Ji7!
7A li tey smukenal ti rey vo7nee, tey xchi7uk skajonal. Ji7!
7A li rey vo7nee naka 7oro ti yaniyoe, xchi7uk ti xchuk xch'ute, 7oy snatz' naka 7oro noxtok. Ji7!
Naka 7oro skotol ti k'usuk yu7une, 7a li sjole batz'i leklek sba stz'ayayet xa ta j-mek li sjole. Ji7!
7A li 7oy te ta j-k'ol noxtok naka krixchanoetik tey va7ajtik, pero ja7 ti vo7ne krixchano 7une. Ji7!
Batz'i yantik x7elan ta j-mek, ti vo7ne
krixchanoetike, naka t'anajtik, naka 7oy stzatzaltak
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They were really ugly. They looked like devils.
Yes!
After that, after we finished looking there, we went to a place with a view. It was very high up.
There was a very tall building there.10 Yes!
We went up it, to the top of that tall building.
We went to see what Mexico City was like, how big it was. Ooh, Mexico City is terribly big. We couldn't see the edge of the city. No!
Part was very beautiful with lights, part was ugly. Ooh, it could all be seen very well. Yes!
But it was terribly cold on the top of the build- ing. Yes!
We came on down. It was already dark. It was probably around eight o'clock at night. Yes!
We went back to our room. Then we met two Ladinos. They spoke to us. Yes!
They asked us where we lived. Yes!
They took us into a cantina. We went to have a drink with them. Yes!
After that we came on out. Yes!
Then we went to bed. Yes!
That was all. Yes!
The next day, too, we took a trip. We went to see the church where Our Lady of Guadalupe is.11
Yes!
We reached it. We went inside the church. Each of us took four candles in apiece. Yes!
We arrived in the middle of Mass. Yes!
We went to offer our candles in another room.
Yes!
They couldn't be left inside the large church.12
After we left those candles, we came out. They gave us two pictures of Our Lady of Guadalupe and a pamphlet. Yes!
After that, we came out. We went to an old church. We went to see what it was like. Yes!
The Virgin was in four churches there. Yes!
We bought two pictures apiece of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Yes!
After that, we came back. We passed by the market. We just passed by to see what it was like.
Yes!
After that, we came back. We went to pick up some glasses. We went to pick them up where they were made.13 Yes!
They were Bob's. Yes!
We came back. The sun had set already. It was probably around eight-thirty when we went to bed.
Yes!
The next day, too, we went to look for the bus terminal. Yes!
j-lom batz'i yantik x7elan ta j-mek, ko7ol xchi7uk pukujetik yilel. Ji7!
Laj 7un, laj jk'eltikotik taj 7une, libatotikotik ta k'elob 7osil, ta toyol ta j-mek 7o te j-p'ej na batz'i toyol ta j-mek. Ji7!
Ja7 tey limuyotikotik 7un, te ta sjol taj toyol na 7une, ba jk'eltikotik k'u x7elan li Mejikoe, k'u sjamlej, batz'i jamal ta j-mek li Mejikoe, mu jtatik ta 7ilel buy li sti7il jtek-lume. Ji7!
70y batz'i lekik sba j-lom ti luse, 7oy chopolik j-lom, jii, batz'i lek xvinaj skotol ta j-mek. Ji7!
Pero batz'i tol sik ta j-mek te ta sjol li na 7une.
Ji7!
Liyalotikotik tal 7un, 7ik' xa 7ox 7un 7o xa 7ox nan vaxakibuk 7ora 7ak'ubal 7un. Ji7!
Lisutotikotik ta jkwartotikotik, tey 7ijnuptikotik cha7-vo7 jkaxlanetik lisk'oponotikotik, li
sjak'botikotik buy nakalotikotik. Ji7!
7Ikalbetikotik buy ti jnatikotik 7une. Ji7!
Liyik'otikotik ochel ta kantina 7un 7ay kuch'tikotik jchi7uktikotik. Ji7!
Laj 7un, lilok'otikotik tal 7un. Ji7!
Libatotikotik xa ta jvayebtikotik 7un. Ji7!
Laj 7un taje. Ji7!
Ta 7otro jun k'ak'al noxtok 7une, libatotikotik ta paxyal ba jk'eltikotik buy li 7eklixya yu7n
jch'ul-me7tik Valalupae. Ji7!
Lik'ototikotik 7un, li7ochotikotik ta yut 7eklixya 7une, kich'ojtikotik ochel chan-p'ej jkantelatikotik ju-jun. Ji7!
Yolel 7ox mixa k'alal lik'ototikotik 7une. Ji7!
7A li jkantelatikotike 7ay kak'tikotik ta j-k'ol 7o.
Ji7!
Mu stak' te xkom te yo7 yut muk'ta 7eklixyae, laj jkomtzantikotik taj jkantelatikotik 7une,
lilok'otikotik tal 7un, lisk'elanbotikotik tal chib slok'ol jch'ul-me7tik Valalupae, xchi7uk j-lik vun.
Ji7!
Laj 7un, lilok'otikotik tal 7un, libatotikotik ta poko7 7eklixya, ba jk'eltikotik k'u x7elan. Ji7!
Xchan-p'ejel xa la sna li jch'ul-me7tik tey chotol 7o le7e. Ji7!
7Ijmantikotik tal chib slok'ol jch'ul-me7tik Valalupa ju-june. Ji7!
Laj 7un, litalotikotik 7un, li7ech'otikotik ta ch'ivit, yech nox 7ech' jk'eltikotik k'u x7elan. Ji7!
Laj 7un, lisutotikotik tal 7un, 7ech' kich'tikotik basoetik, tey 7ech' kich'tikotik yo7 bu tzmeltzanate.
Ji7!
Ja7 yu7un li Lol 7une. Ji7!
Litalotikotik 7un, mal xa 7ox k'ak'al 7un, 7o xa 7ox nan vaxakibuk 7ora xchi7uk 7o71ol,
liyulotikotik ta jvayebtikotik 7une. Ji7!
Ta 7otro jun k'ak'al noxtok 7une, libat ba jk'eltikotik buy 7ofisina yu7n 7aktavusetike. Ji7!
But we couldn't find where it was. "Forget it!"
we said to ourselves. We simply continued on, be- cause it was already late in the morning. Yes!
So we simply continued on. Yes!
We continued on. We were stopped on the way by people who asked for money to fix the road that we were coming on.14 There was a town next to the road. We went there. We were going to look at a church, but we didn't go in, because we found the church closed.15 Yes!
We simply came back. Yes!
We continued on. We came to a town. Yes!
It grew dark. It was already dark when we ar- rived in Guanajuato. Yes!
We spent the night there. We went for a quick walk there. They didn't know who we were. The people stared at us a lot. We came upon some chil- dren who had gathered together to play. They were very scared. They simply cried and cried.
Yes!
The next morning we continued on. We went to visit Christ the King on a mountain. We climbed up. We went to visit him. Yes!
We arrived in the middle of Mass. Yes!
It was the very day of the celebration of Our Holy Father, Christ the King. Yes!
But it was a wonderful fiesta there. They were selling lots of things there. Yes!
A great number of cars arrived there. Yes!
After we looked at it we came back. We retraced our steps to Guanajuato again. We made a detour there. Yes!
We continued on. We took to the road. We con- tinued on. There were trees planted on the side of the road. But the planted trees were beautiful. Yes!
We saw nothing but mountains. They were beau- tiful.
You see we continued on a long ways. Yes!
We arrived at Zacatecas. It was already very late. We spent the night there. Yes!
We took a quick walk there. We went to see what the buildings were like there. Yes!
I just saw cliffs. There weren't any good flat places where the people had built their houses. No!
The next morning we continued on again. We passed through towns. We saw lots of beautiful things. Yes!
But we had some trouble on the way. Our car broke down on the road. Yes!
A Ladino passed by in his car. He was going to fix it right away, but he couldn't fix it. He just looked at it and left. We were left behind there.
Yes!
We were standing around. It was already pretty
Pero muk' bu jtatikotik ta sa7el buy. "Yiyil!"
xichiotikotik 7un. Solel litalotikotik 7un, yu7n toy xa 7ox k'ak'al. Ji7!
Yech'o solel litalotikotik 7une. Ji7!
Litalotikotik 7un, 7o 7ijtatik6tik jmakvanej ta be, 7isk'an tak'in skwenta ta smeltzaj 7o be
li7ech'otikotik tal 7un, 7o te jun jtek-lum ta tz'el be li7ochotikotik ech'el, 7ech' 7ox jk'eltikotik jun 7eklixya, pero muk' xi7ochotikotik, yu7n makal 7ijtatikotik li 7eklixyae. Ji7!
Solel lisutotikotik tal 7un. Ji7!
Litalotikotik 7un, H7ech'otikotik tal ta jun jtek-lum. Ji7!
7Ik'ub ta be 7un, 7ik' xa liyulotikotik ta Gwanajwato 7un. Ji7!
Te xa livayotikotik 7un, lipaxyajotikotik j-likel te yo7e, 7a li mu xa x7ojtikinvanik 7un, tol
chk'elvanik li krixchanoetike, 7a li 7oy tey stzoboj sbaik k'oxetik chtajinik 7ijtatikotik 7ixi7ik ta j-mek solel 7i7ok'ik ta j-mek. Ji7!
7Isakub 7osil 7un, litalotikotik 7un, 7ech' jnuptikotik jch'ul-tottik Kristo Rey, tey ta j-p'ej
vitz, limuyotikotik ech'el 7un 7ay jnuptikotik. Ji7!
7A li yolel mixa k'al lik'ototikotik 7une. Ji7!
Yu7n ja7 7o sk'ak'al sk'in li jch'ul-tottik Kristo Reye. Ji7!
Pero batz'i lek k'in ta j-mek, te yo7e, 7a li 7oy k'utikuk ta xchonik te yo7e. Ji7!
Batz'i 7ep ta j-mek karoetik ta xk'ot te yo7e. Ji7!
Laj jk'eltikotik 7un, lisutotikotik tal 7un, xi sutel lisutotikotik ta Gwanajwato noxtok 7une tey to 7ay kak'tikotik tal bwelta te yo7e. Ji7!
Litalotikotik 7un, 7ijtamtikotik tal li be 7une, litalotikotik 7un, 7oy tz'unbil te7etik ta xxokon be pero batz'i lekik sba ta j-mek li te7etik tz'unbile. Ji7!
70y 7ikiltikotik labal vitzetik, batz'i lekik sba.
Va7i 7un, litalotikotik 7onox ta j-mek 7un. Ji7!
Li7 liyulotikotik ta Sakateka 7une, xmal xa ta j-mek k'ak'al 7un, te xa livayotikotik 7un. Ji7!
Lilok'otikotik ta paxyal j-likel te yo7 7une, 7ay jk'eltikotik k'u x7elan li naetik te yo7e. Ji7!
Ch'entik nox 7ikil 7un, muk' bu lek pach'altik li yo7 bu smeltzanoj snaik li krixchanoetik 7une. Ji7!
7Isakub 7osil 7un litalotikotik noxtok 7un, li7ech'otikotik tal ta jtek-lumetik 7oy 7ikiltikotik k'utikuk lekik sba ta j-mek. Ji7!
Pero 7ijpastikotik palta ta be 7un, 7isok jkarotikotik ta be. Ji7!
70y te 7i7ech' jun jkaxlan xchi7uk skaro, naka 7ismeltzan 7ox pero muk' xmeltzaj yu7un, yech nox 7isk'el komel, 7ibat 7un, tey likomotikotik 7un. Ji7!
Te xiva7etotikotik 7un malmal xa 7ox k'ak'al 7un,