Earth, Sky: Solomon Ratt (th-dialect)

môcikihtâwin
askiy, kîsik,
kî-pîcicîwak, kî-pîcicîwak.
thôtin, iskotîw,
kî-nîsosimowak, kî-nîsosîmowak.
nipiy, mamâhkâhan,
kî-nâtakâmîsimowak…
kî-nîmihitowak
nîpâyâstîhk, nîpâyâstîhk,
nîpâyâstîhk kî-nîmihitowak.

ᒨᒋᑭᐦᑖᐏᐣ
ᑮ ᐲᒋᒌᐘᐠ, ᑮ ᐲᒋᒌᐘᐠ᙮
ᖫᑎᐣ, ᐃᐢᑯᑏᐤ,
ᑮ ᓃᓱᓯᒧᐘᐠ, ᑮ ᓃᓱᓯᒧᐘᐠ᙮
ᓂᐱᐩ, ᒪᒫᐦᑳᐦᐊᐣ,
ᑮ ᓈᑕᑳᒦᓯᒧᐘᐠ…
ᑮ ᓃᒥᐦᐃᑐᐘᐠ
ᓃᐹᔮᐢᑏᕽ, ᓃᐹᔮᐢᑏᕽ,
ᓃᐹᔮᐢᑏᕽ ᑮ ᓃᒥᐦᐃᑐᐘᐠ᙮

Celebration
Earth, Sky,
danced the round dance, they danced round dance.
Wind, Fire,
they jigged together, they jigged together.
Water, waves,
they danced toward the shore.
They danced
under the moonlight, under the moonlight,
under the moonlight they danced.

(Thanks, Sol! This one is especially pretty!)

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