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In that part of the
Navajo reservation

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there are landmarks and
mountains and places

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that have Navajo names, and
stories attached to that.

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And one of the songs that
comes out of the mountains

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is a much longer song.

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And I just took an excerpt from
that, and wrote it in Navajo

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and then translated
into English.

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So there are some bilingual
poems in this book.

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"Many Horses."

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"The day you arrived on
your turquoise horse,

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I was already riding
my rainbow horse,

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as we were promised
beautiful horses

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to carry us into this world.

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On this rain-blessed Earth,
you will pause at Ch'ooshgai

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to sing.

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Dził bich’ᶖ’ yishááł, I am
approaching the mountain.

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Dził bikáá' haashá, I am
ascending the mountain.

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Dził bikáá' naashá, I am
walking on the mountain.

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Dził bą́ą́hdóó 'adaashááh, I am
descending the mountain.

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Dził bits'ą́ą́hi' dah diishááh, I am
leaving the mountain.

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I wait for you at the mouth
of Deep-Within-the-Rock.

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You arrive wearing
the scent of sage,

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and this mountain song pouring
from the cup of your heart,

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the way the Diné spiraled
into this world protected with

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a song.

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I recognize you by your
sweet song and your horse.

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We urge our horses on,
tracks embedded in the sand."

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