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I Am Singing in the Cold Rain Lance Henson

 

i am singing the cold rain
i am singing the winter dawn
i am turning in the gray morning
of my life
toward home

ni hoi nim mi ni hon ido mi moo
ni hoi nim mi ni hon e inif
ni hoi das i woi nu
na wodstan ni hi vist
na dutz na ho utz

From Harper’s Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry edited by Diane Niatum
Translated from the Cheyenne by the author
Copyright © 1988 by Diane Niatum
Reprinted by permission of the author

 
 


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