The next one I would like to read is called "Language."
I will read the one in Navajo first, and then in English.
I can't read the one in Gaelic.
Somebody did the translation for that.
[SPEAKING NAVAJO]
"Language."
After having reflected on this poem over several years,
I think "voice" might be a better translation for "saad"
rather than "language."
But I will read it with the word "language"
through our language.
In the beginning, I was.
Yesterday, I was.
Today, I am.
Tomorrow, I will be.
Forever, I will be.
Language, I am.
Sacred language, I am.
Sacred language, this, I am.
People think with me.
People act with me.
People pray with me.
People sing with me.
People speak with me.
Language, I am.
Sacred language, I am.
Sacred language, this, I am.
I come in many different forms.
Because of me, people think differently.
Because of me, people act differently.
Because of me, people pray differently.
Because of me, people sing differently.
Because of me, people speak differently.
Language, I am.
Sacred language, I am.
Sacred language, this, I am.
Because of me, there are many different cultures.
I value different ways of doing.
I value different goods.
I value varied hard goods.
These are why I gave myself to the Earth surface people.
A holy people.
A respected people.
A compassionate people.
From within them, I sound.
In this way, life continues to expand.
These are reasons why I gave myself
to the Earth surface people.
Language, I am.
Sacred language, I am.
Sacred language, this, I am.
Forever, I will be.
Tomorrow, I will be.
Today, I am.
Yesterday, I was.
In the beginning, I was.
Sacred language, I am.
Sacred language, this, I am.