Vocabulary
ᎠᏓᏠᏍᏗ - belt
ᎠᎩᏃᎯᏎᎸ - s/he told me
ᎯᎠ - this
ᏑᎵ - a buzzard
ᎦᎸᎶᎯ - above
ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏒ - s/he flew
ᎾᎿ - there
ᎦᏙᎯ - ground, earth, soil
ᎤᏓᏩᏛᎯᏍᏗᏗᏒ - s/he cast a shadow
ᏱᎫᏖᏌ - if you will pick it up
ᎾᏍᎩ - that mentioned
ᎦᏓ - soil, dirt
ᏂᎪᎯᎸ - always
ᏴᎯᏙᎭ - if you hold it in your hand
ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏊ - whatever
ᎨᏒ - was
ᎣᏲᎲ - as you are looking for it
ᎠᏩᏛᏗ - you - to find it
ᎨᏒᎢ - (see: ᎨᏒ)
ᏓᎻ ᎠᏓᏠᏍᏗ ᎠᎩᏃᎯᏎᎸ ᎯᎠ
dami adadlosdi aginoh'selv hi'a
(Tommy Belt told me this)
ᏑᎵ ᎦᎸᎶᎯ ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏒ
suli galvlohi ganohilisv
(buzzard from-above having-flown)
ᎾᎿ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎤᏓᏩᏛᎯᏍᏗᏗᏒ
nahna gadohi udawadvhisdidisv
(there on-the-ground as-the-shadow-is-cast)
ᏱᎫᏖᏌ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏓ
yigutesa nasgi gada
(if-you-pick-it-up that soil)
ᎠᎴ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᏴᎯᏙᎭ
ale nigohilv yvhidoha
(and always if-you-have-it-in-your-hand)
ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏊ ᎨᏒ ᎣᏲᎲ
iyusdigwu gesv ohyohv
(whatever was as-you-look-for-something)
ᎠᏩᏛᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ
ahwahtvhdi gesv'i
(will-find-it it-happened.)
Read by Durbin Feeling:
Tommy Belt told me this:
Where the shadow of the buzzard
Falls upon the ground
Pick up the dirt
And keep it with you
And whatever you are looking for
You'll find.