And so the first one I will share is called--
I call it "Heart of the Desert."
And in O'odham, that's Tohono I:bdagi.
So I'll be going back and forth with English and O'odham.
This is Tohono I:bdagi.
I come from a people whose hearts are grown from the land.
Bañ ha-amjeḍ him g hemajkam mo g ha-i:bdagĭ
'ab jeweḍ 'amjeḍ wu:ṣañim.
Each plant, each fruit, each bloom, each saguaro rib,
each seed.
We:s ha'icu wu:ṣañig, we:s ha'icu bahidag,
we:s ha'icu hiosig,
we:s g wa:pai, we:s g kaij.
I come from a people who always carry a piece of home
in their I:dbagi.
Our I:dbagi is our heart.
Bañ ha-amjeḍ him g hemajkam mo cem hekid 'am cekc g
g 'e-ki: 'e-i:bdagĭ 'eḍ.
I come from a people who carry burdens and beauty.
Bañ ha-amjeḍ him g hemajkam mo g cu'ijig kc s-ke:g
ha'icu mo:to.
I come from a people whose hearts bleed for what we love.
Bañ ha-amjeḍ him g hemajkam mo g ha-i:bdagĭ
si taccui hegai mac hascu si s-ho:hoid.
I come from I:dbagi people.
Bañ ha-amjeḍ him g 'i:bdagĭ hemajkam.
I come from a people who literally
have been made to live from beneath to above
with all elements.
Hemajkam mat 'am si ha-wua mat 'am o ki:kad imhu we:co kc inhu
da:m ha-we:m g we:s ha'icu.
Like the roots and the thorns of each ha:sañ.
Hab masma mo g tatk kc ho'i 'ab we:s g hahasañ 'an.
Like the seeds soaked in the soil of a heart
that lives for the soil and the sound of land.
Hab masma mo g kai mo 'am ka:c jeweḍ 'i:bdagĭ 'eḍ mo g jeweḍ
gewkdag kc kaidag 'am we:hejeḍ dua.
Beneath cloud, surviving seasons.
Ce:wagĭ weco 'ia 'aṣ kia ha'icug.
Surviving seasons to bloom.
'e-do'ibio k o hio.
For each saguaro rib
We:s g wa:pai
Each heart
We:s g 'i:bdagĭ
Each fruit.
We:s g bahidag.
Through our I:bdagi, we live.
T-i:bdagĭ amjeḍ 'ac dua.
Because of our I:bdagi, we survive.
T-i:bdagĭ 'amjeḍ 'ac 'ia 'aṣ kia ha'icug.
I come from Tohono I:bdagi.
Bañ 'amjeḍkam Tohono 'i:bdagĭ.