Gizaagi’in apii zaagi’idizoyan
I love you when you love yourself gaye gaawiin zaagi’idizosiiyan
and when you do not apii zaagijiba’iweyang
when we escape together gaye zaagijinizhikawangwaa
and when we chase together wiindigoog wiindamoonangwaa
the demons who tell us gaawiin zaagiginzinog ozaagiing
nothing sprouts at the inlet aanawi gikendamang jiigi-zaaga’igan
when we know at the edge of the lake gii-zaagida’aawangweyang ingoding
where ashes were poured zaagaakominagaanzh zaagaagoneg
the bearberry stands in the snow zaagidikwanaaging ezhi-nisidotamang
branches reaching and tracing zaagijiwebinamang gaye ishkonamang
what we have tossed and what we have saved ezhi-naagadawaabandamang
as we examine gizaagi’in, gizaagi miidash ozaagi’aan.
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