Thank you.
And I also have a couple of poems about water and rain,
which is what I'm focusing on my manuscript.
So these are two poems about the way Diné people's viewpoints see
rain.
One is a male rain and one is a female rain.
And when it's soft and falls to the ground,
it makes things grow.
And then the male rain is the opposite.
It's pretty violent, sometimes, leading to floods.
And so these are two poems about that.
I'm going to read the first one in Navajo.
Níłtsą bi'áád Shá'di'ááhdęę'go dah naaldogo' alzhish
k'ós hazlįį' honeezk'ází níltsą
bi'áád bitázhool bijooltsą áádóó níłtsą bi'áád biyázhí
bídii'na' Naaniiniiłkaahgo níłtsą bi'áád biyázhí
hazlįį' ch'íl látah hózhóón dahtoo'bee 'ałch'į' háazhah
áádóó nihik'inizdidláád
Female Rain
Dancing from the south
Cloudy cool and gray
Pregnant with rain child
At dawn she gives birth to a gentle mist
Flowers bow with wet sustenance
Luminescence all around.
Níłtsą biką' Aadęę łįį' diłhiłgo tł'éé' nahalingo bił
ch'éldloozh báhách'į'go naayéé'ee k'ehgo ts'ida
deesk'aazgo
áhoolaa tó yíląąd dóó níyol tsoh áhoolaa Hashké níłtsą
biką' naazbaa' tł'éé' bíighah atah názhnoodahgo yiską áádóó
łįį bił anááldloozh anaa' yęę t'áá 'ákǫǫgo 'aliilaa.
Male Rain
He comes riding a dark horse
Angry, malevolent, cold
Bringing floods and heavy winds
Warrior rain having a 49 night dance
Then rides away, leaving his enemy behind
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