Algonquin Text
TAK WINDIMA GAGWEDWEWIN
TAK WINDIMA GAGWEDWEWIN
TAK WINDIMA INÃBANDAM
WAWENENDAM WÃBANDJICADE
KÃ WABANDJIGADE
MADWESSIN KITCHE-MADWESSIN AWESS- BIMÃDISSIWIN
MITIG ÃDJIBIK BIMÃDISSIWIN
ANÃNG BIMÃDISSIWIN
BEDJIG BIMÃDISSIWIN
KIN GAGWEDINA GISISS BIMIBOSS
AWÃN GISISS DISSIWIN
br/>KIN NININGANASHKASSIN
TIBINA WIKWINGODEE ÃKI
TAK WINDIMA KIN INÃBANDAM
KIN AÃA NOND NIYA
KIN NINDIGO NAGATEH NIYA
KIN NI GAGWEDWEWIN
br/>KIN KIKENDJIGE WÃBANGN
KIN KIKENDJIGE DEBISS DJAÂE MASSAGWIA
WIDOKÃGEWIN ASHIDAKWAN-NIN KITIMÃGISIWIN
DEEP LAKE THAT I QUESTION
Deep lake outside of time
Where we set
What we see
What we cannot see
Where animal life resonates, amplified
Plant and mineral life
The life of the stars and other forms of life
You who feel the shifts of the moon
And the slightest solar disturbance
You who shake all the winds
You who know the joys and misfortunes
All the beats of the earthly heart
Deep lake, you who abolish time
You who will be before us
You who were after us
You whom I question
You who know the future
You who know its joys and misfortunes
Help -me to bear the inevitable