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The next one I would like to
read is called "Language."

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I will read the one in Navajo
first, and then in English.

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I can't read the one in Gaelic.

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Somebody did the
translation for that.

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[SPEAKING NAVAJO]

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"Language."

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After having reflected on
this poem over several years,

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I think "voice" might be a
better translation for "saad"

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rather than "language."

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But I will read it with
the word "language"

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through our language.

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In the beginning, I was.

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Yesterday, I was.

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Today, I am.

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Tomorrow, I will be.

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Forever, I will be.

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Language, I am.

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Sacred language, I am.

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Sacred language, this, I am.

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People think with me.

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People act with me.

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People pray with me.

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People sing with me.

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People speak with me.

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Language, I am.

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Sacred language, I am.

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Sacred language, this, I am.

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I come in many different forms.

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Because of me, people
think differently.

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Because of me, people
act differently.

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Because of me, people
pray differently.

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Because of me, people
sing differently.

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Because of me, people
speak differently.

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Language, I am.

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Sacred language, I am.

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Sacred language, this, I am.

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Because of me, there are
many different cultures.

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I value different ways of doing.

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I value different goods.

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I value varied hard goods.

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These are why I gave myself
to the Earth surface people.

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A holy people.

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A respected people.

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A compassionate people.

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From within them, I sound.

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In this way, life
continues to expand.

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These are reasons
why I gave myself

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to the Earth surface people.

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Language, I am.

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Sacred language, I am.

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Sacred language, this, I am.

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Forever, I will be.

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Tomorrow, I will be.

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Today, I am.

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Yesterday, I was.

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In the beginning, I was.

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Sacred language, I am.

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Sacred language, I am.

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Sacred language, this, I am.

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