asiniyak, pisiskiwak,
êkwa oskihtêpakwa kiskêyihtamwak
ta-isi-ayâcik, ta-isi-miyo wîcêhtocik:
ayisiyiniwak namôya osâm
ᐊᓯᓂᔭᐠ, ᐱᓯᐢᑭᐘᐠ,
ᐁᑿ ᐅᐢᑭᐦᑌᐸᑿ ᑭᐢᑫᔨᐦᑕᒷᐠ
ᑕ ᐃᓯ ᐊᔮᒋᐠ, ᑕ ᐃᓯ ᒥᔪ ᐑᒉᐦᑐᒋᐠ:
ᐊᔨᓯᔨᓂᐘᐠ ᓇᒨᔭ ᐅᓵᒼ
Rocks, animals,
and plants know
how to exist, how to be in harmony;
People…not so much.