byAngelina Saraficio
- Do:da'ag 'o 'an t-bi:
e
na:nko 'o mams 'idam.
Hai'i 'o wui'akcul do:da'ag
milga:n 'o ia daiwup c ha-pajud 'idam.
K hascu a:g hab e-wua
k ea wu
si ha'icu idam?
- Giho Du'ag 'o an ke:k,
Waw Giwulk 'o an ke:k,
Winta:na 'o an ke:k,
Mu'ic 'o idam
t hu'i an hab'o gegokad.
From When it Rains: Papago and Pima Poetry edited by Ofelia Zepeda, University of Arizona Press, Sun Tracks Vol. 7.
© 1982 Angelina Saraficio.This poem is also available in the English language.