az ember árnya, a fa árnya, a felhő árnya

the shadow of the man, the shadow of the tree, the shadow of the cloud

a holtak árnyai

ghosts of the dead

сенка човека, сенка дрвета

shadow of man, shadow of tree

Redovi izbezumljenih stanara prolažahu kraj njega kao senke mrtvih, sa sivim znacima na čelima.

Lines of distraught tenants passed him like the ghosts of the dead, with gray marks on their foreheads.

Äminu äkungwakainggäne uyungä bä uingä ngang yakaing

They say of dead people's (spirit) 'uingä' or 'uyungä'

Äminu kundutä tembäna got natake gunzit ainangge kepmän pukuke yuwawän waänä une kanim. Sike äminu kundutä waänä ngang yäwawä kundutä weenä ngang yäkaing

Some people feeling cold in the morning and wanting to warm themselves in the sun come outside, and as they sit, we'll see their shadows there. Some people call them ‘waänä’ and others call them ‘weenä’.

Äminu kundutä aminu täpätutä kupän kwaike, “Waätä nisiyäk,” nga natake äkgwauke, zikaäne duä kukaing

When a person has died and some people bury him they think, “His spirit might attack us,” and being afraid they do not go there at night