Jim Saahuun Dreams 12-20-2012

ᐳᐧᐋᒨ ᒋᒥ ᓵᐦᐆᓐ. Puwámú Jim Sáhún. 

Jim Saahuun Dreams 12-20-2012

"Dreamtime" 12-14-2012

ᐋᑎᐧᐄ ᒑᔥᑎᓂᒻ ᐊᓂᔮ ᐆᑐᑦ ᑳ ᐧᐋᐹᐦᐋᓂᔨᒡ... átiwí cháshtinim aniyá útut ká wápáhániyich... 
(He manages to catch his canoe as it started to float away...)

[Nicki Moisseaux]: 
ᑖᓐ ᑳᔨᐦᑏᓐ ᒦᓐ? tán káyihtín mín? 
(What were you doing this time?)

[Jim Saahuun]:
ᒌ ᐳᐧᐋᑖᐤ ᒋᑳᐧᐄᓅ; ᓂᐲᒥᑭᓐ ᐱᒫᑎᓰᐧᐃᓐ. chí puwátáo Chikáwínú; nipímikin pimátisíwin. 
(I dreamt of our Mother; life is dying/paralyzed.)

ᓈᔥᑖᐧᐹᐦ ᐋᐦᑯᓯᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒑᑳᑦ ᐹᔨᑯᑳᐴ, náshtápáwh áhkusio kiyáh chákát páyikukápú, 
ᐧᑳᔑᓂᒫᓐ. káwshinmán. 
(She is very sick and almost stands by herself, 
I saw it.)

ᐋᐦ ᑖᐧᐋᐦᐄᒑᓅᒡ ᑖᐧᐋᐦᐄᑭᓐ, áh táwáhíchánúch táwáhíkin, 
ᑯᔥᑯᓈᑭᓅ ᒋᑳᐧᐄᓅ. kushkunákinú Chikáwínú.
(Whenever one drums the drum,
it awakens our Mother.)

ᓂᑭᒧᐦᐋᑖᐤ, nikimuhátáo,
(Let us sing on her behalf,)
ᑖᐧᐋᐦᐄᒑᑖᐤ, táwáhíchátáo,
(let us drum,)
ᐋᑎᔫᐦᒑᑖᐤ, átiyúhchátáo,
(storytellers tell our legends,)
ᓃᒦᔥᑑᐧᐋᑖᐤ; ᒫᒨᐧᐄᐦᑖᐤ. nímíshtúwátáo; mámúwíhtáo.
(let us dance on her behalf; let's get together.)

ᐄᐧᑖᓂᐦᒑ ᓅᓯᓵ! ᐧᐃᓂᔥᑳᐦᐱᐦᑖ! ítáwnihchá núsisá! winishkáphtá!
(Share this grandchild! Now go wake up!) // 

#jimsaahuun #dreams #puwaamuu 12-20-2012, 
"Jim Saahuun Dreams 12-20-2012" by: @ouwaah / A.T.Sam #ouwaah