- 'Im 'at hu 'i-e-ju: g ta
kia,a'i si s-ton
we:s ha'icu 'an 'a 'i pi hoiñag
mumuwal s-ba:big 'an da'a
we:s ha'icu 'at 'i-e-ba:bigi.
- N-o:g 'o 'ab dah
si ta'i mo'ok c ko:
ñ-we:nag 'o gnhu wo'o kc ko:
gogs 'at 'am bic ki: we:big
'e:heg 'o an ga:k
we:s ha'icu 'at 'i-ba:bigi.
- Tk 'e
a pi a:muñhim an 'i-dadhiwa g cewag
- ju: 'at! ju: 'at!
- da'iwu 'at g ñ-o:g
- "me k am
ma'ip g ñ-pilkan"
"me k 'u:'i g 'e-hehliga"
- "me
- We:s ha'icu 'at hahawa 'i-hoi
- ju: 'at! ju: 'at!
- da'iwu 'at g ñ-we:nag
da'iwu 'at g gogs
we:s ha'icu 'at hahawa 'i-hoi.
From When it Rains: Papago and Pima Poetry edited by Ofelia Zepeda, University of Arizona Press, Sun Tracks Vol. 7.
© 1982 Ofelia Zepeda.
This poem is also available in the English language.
