I Belong to the Earth: Solomon Ratt (th-dialect)

nitipîthihtâkosin askîhk

kîkwây mâmawi-okâwîmâw nikiskinwahamâk?
nikanawâpahtîn pâwistik,
kâkikî î-pimâpotîk.
askiy nikiskinwahamâkon
âhkamîthihtamowin.

kîkwây mâmawi-okâwîmâw nikiskinwahamâk?
nikanawâpamâwak mistikwak,
î-wâkâsocik kîstinohk.
askiy nikiskinwahamâkon
sîhtoskâtowin.

kîkwây mâmawi-okâwîmâw nikiskinwahamâk?
nikanawâpahtîn
pîciciwan ikwa kîwîciwan.
askiy nikiskinwahamâkon
mitho-wîcihtowin.

kîkwây mâmawi-okâwîmâw nikiskinwahamâk?
nikanawâpamâwak mikisiwak
î-môsahkinâhkwâw watihkwana
kita-wacistonihkâkîcik
askiy nikiskinwahamâkon
âniskohtowin.

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ᓂᑎᐲᖨᐦᑖᑯᓯᐣ ᐊᐢᑮᕽ

ᑮᒁᐩ ᒫᒪᐏ ᐅᑳᐑᒫᐤ ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᐠ?
ᓂᑲᓇᐚᐸᐦᑏᐣ ᐹᐏᐢᑎᐠ,
ᑳᑭᑮ ᐄ ᐱᒫᐳᑏᐠ᙮
ᐊᐢᑭᐩ ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑯᐣ
ᐋᐦᑲᒦᖨᐦᑕᒧᐏᐣ᙮

ᑮᒁᐩ ᒫᒪᐏ ᐅᑳᐑᒫᐤ ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᐠ?
ᓂᑲᓇᐚᐸᒫᐘᐠ ᒥᐢᑎᑿᐠ,
ᐄ ᐚᑳᓱᒋᐠ ᑮᐢᑎᓄᕽ᙮
ᐊᐢᑭᐩ ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑯᐣ
ᓰᐦᑐᐢᑳᑐᐏᐣ᙮

ᑮᒁᐩ ᒫᒪᐏ ᐅᑳᐑᒫᐤ ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᐠ?
ᓂᑲᓇᐚᐸᐦᑏᐣ
ᐲᒋᒋᐘᐣ ᐃᑿ ᑮᐑᒋᐘᐣ᙮
ᐊᐢᑭᐩ ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑯᐣ
ᒥᖪ ᐑᒋᐦᑐᐏᐣ᙮

ᑮᒁᐩ ᒫᒪᐏ ᐅᑳᐑᒫᐤ ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᐠ?
ᓂᑲᓇᐚᐸᒫᐘᐠ ᒥᑭᓯᐘᐠ
ᐄ ᒨᓴᐦᑭᓈᐦᒁᐤ ᐘᑎᐦᑿᓇ
ᑭᑕ ᐘᒋᐢᑐᓂᐦᑳᑮᒋᐠ
ᐊᐢᑭᐩ ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑯᐣ
ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐦᑐᐏᐣ᙮

ᓂᑎᐲᖨᐦᑖᑯᓯᐣ ᐊᐢᑮᕽ

I Belong to the Earth

What does Mother Earth teach me?
I look at the rapids
Forever flowing.
The Earth teaches me
Perseverance.

What does Mother Earth teach me?
I look at the trees
Bending in the storm.
The Earth teaches me
Mutual support.

What does Mother Earth teach me?
I look at
The incoming tide and the outgoing tide.
The Earth teaches me
Balance and harmony.

What does Mother Earth teach me?
I look at the eagles
Gathering branches with which to build their nest.
The Earth teaches me
Interconnectedness.

I belong to the Earth.

2 Responses

  1. Tansi Sol,

    My name is Danny Mirasty and I’m from the Woodland Cree Tribe from northern Saskatchewan and I’m a member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and I’m a university student with the First Nation University

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