kohkominahkîsîs athapihkîw âcathôhkîwina:
kitimâkisiwin, cîhkîthîhtamowin,
nihtâwikiwin, nakataskîwin;
piyak athapiyâpiy nitisîhk itastâw;
mihcît acâhkosak ayâwak athapîhk.
ᑯᐦᑯᒥᓇᐦᑮᓰᐢ ᐊᖬᐱᐦᑮᐤ ᐋᒐᖫᐦᑮᐏᓇ:
ᑭᑎᒫᑭᓯᐏᐣ, ᒌᐦᑮᖩᐦᑕᒧᐏᐣ,
ᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐏᐣ, ᓇᑲᑕᐢᑮᐏᐣ;
ᐱᔭᐠ ᐊᖬᐱᔮᐱᐩ ᓂᑎᓰᕽ ᐃᑕᐢᑖᐤ;
ᒥᐦᒌᐟ ᐊᒑᐦᑯᓴᐠ ᐊᔮᐘᐠ ᐊᖬᐲᕽ᙮
Grandmother spider weaves traditional stories:
Sadness, joy,
Birth, death.
One strand she attaches to my navel;
Many stars are on the net.
