kakîpâtisak: Solomon Ratt (th-dialect)

kî-kakwî-nipahtâwak nipîkiskwîwin
ispî kâ-kî-kiskinwahamawicik;
kakîpâtisak!
nikî-kiskinwahamawikwak
tânisi kita-isi-pasikôhtâyân 
anima kâ-kî-nâspitihkwâmiskahkwâw. 

ᑮ ᑲᑹ ᓂᐸᐦᑖᐘᐠ ᓂᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᐣ
ᐃᐢᐲ ᑳ ᑮ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒪᐏᒋᐠ;
ᑲᑮᐹᑎᓴᐠ!
ᓂᑮ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒪᐏᑿᐠ
ᑖᓂᓯ ᑭᑕ ᐃᓯ ᐸᓯᑰᐦᑖᔮᐣ 
ᐊᓂᒪ ᑳ ᑮ ᓈᐢᐱᑎᐦᒁᒥᐢᑲᐦᒁᐤ᙮

They tried to kill my language
When they were educating me:
The fools!
They taught me how to raise
That which has been in a trance.

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