sîkwan!
ati-tihkisow kôna,
misiwî ita wâwâwipîyâw.
kônâpoy pimiciwan,
pimâpotîwa miscikosa:
nicôcisis pâwiscikosihk
wâhthaw mâhtâw-askîhk
î-isi-pimâpotîk.
ᓰᑿᐣ!
ᐊᑎ ᑎᐦᑭᓱᐤ ᑰᓇ,
ᒥᓯᐑ ᐃᑕ ᐚᐚᐏᐲᔮᐤ᙮
ᑰᓈᐳᐩ ᐱᒥᒋᐘᐣ,
ᐱᒫᐳᑏᐘ ᒥᐢᒋᑯᓴ:
ᓂᒎᒋᓯᐢ ᐹᐏᐢᒋᑯᓯᕽ
ᐚᐦᖬᐤ ᒫᐦᑖᐘᐢᑮᕽ
ᐄ ᐃᓯ ᐱᒫᐳᑏᐠ᙮
Spring!
Snow begins to melt,
puddles everywhere.
Snow water flows,
little sticks ride the current:
My little canoe riding the small rapids
To far away Strange Lands.