Beauty: Solomon Ratt (y-dialect)

katawasisiwinᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᐣBeauty
ka-pimohtêyan nipimohtân:ᑲ ᐱᒧᐦᑌᔭᐣ ᓂᐱᒧᐦᑖᐣ:As I walk I walk:
katawasisiwin ninîkânihkᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᐣ ᓂᓃᑳᓂᕽBeauty ahead
katawasisiwin nitotânihkᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᐣ ᓂᑐᑖᓂᕽBeauty behind
katawasisiwin ninamahcîhkᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᐣ ᓂᓇᒪᐦᒌᕽBeauty to the left
katawasisiwin nikihciniskêhk ᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᐣ ᓂᑭᐦᒋᓂᐢᑫᕽ Beauty to the right
katawasisiwin ispimihkᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᐣ ᐃᐢᐱᒥᕽBeauty above
katawasisiwin nîhc-âyihkᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᐣ ᓃᐦᒑᔨᕽBeauty below
katawasisiwin niwâskâskâkonᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᐣ ᓂᐚᐢᑳᐢᑳᑯᐣBeauty all around me
katawasisiwinihk nipimohtân.ᑲᑕᐘᓯᓯᐏᓂᕽ ᓂᐱᒧᐦᑖᐣ᙮In beauty I walk.
(Adapted from the Navajo)

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