kikî-kiskinwahamâkonawak
opîkiskwîwiniwâw ta-pîkiskwîyahk,
ta-ayamihtâyahk, ta-masinahamahk,
kita-nipahtâcik kipîkiskwîwininaw.
kikî-otinînaw okiskinwahamâkîwiniwâw
ta-ohpikihtâyahk kipîkiskwîwininaw,
ta-masinahamahk, ta-ayamihtâyahk,
ta-pîkiskwîyahk kipîkiskwîwininaw.
ᑭᑮ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑰᓇᐘᐠ
ᐅᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᓂᐚᐤ ᑕ ᐲᑭᐢᑹᔭᕽ,
ᑕ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᔭᕽ, ᑕ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᕽ,
ᑭᑕ ᓂᐸᐦᑖᒋᐠ ᑭᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᓂᓇᐤ᙮
ᑭᑮ ᑎᓃᓇᐤ ᐅᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑮᐏᓂᐚᐤ
ᑕ ᐅᐦᐱᑭᐦᑖᔭᕽ ᑭᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᓂᓇᐤ,
ᑕ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊᒪᕽ, ᑕ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᑖᔭᕽ,
ᑕ ᐲᑭᐢᑹᔭᕽ ᑭᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᓂᓇᐤ᙮
They taught us
Their language, to speak it,
To read it, to write it,
To kill our language.
We took their education
To raise our language,
To write it, to read it,
To speak our language.
