War or death Birth or marriage Rite of passage The dead will listen before burial Lamentations begin before funeral The body of a sinless white Wishing reincarnation as a swan Called as a living body Kept in the cabin on the board for two days Talked and sang Weeper sitting on a stool at the head of the body And to keep the cloth in hands Sometimes with eyes Sometimes in front of the mouth Wondering of the deceased to live and remain in silence Dressed in white for departure Wake up cry begins at midnight Pondering why the deceased doesn't rise Lamentations for the coffin maker What is created can only Lead to one assumption... death On the third day saying goodbyes to the dead The coffin was raised and all the chairs In the house were repealed Funeral cries with hopes of a ease for the spirit to rise No stones Just leaves on top and a small Hole from the surface to the coffin So that the spirit may have passage After the burial weepers come and look for the dead Behind the shed In the woods Then look for inside a house Perhaps arrived as a bird to home before others No more cries on the funeral meal...