Standing Sentinel

                   Ch’il Haʼit’į́į́

Iishį́í nłts’óósí, bidáá łeh ye’į́ígo
Shináá’iigóó tsídii náhii’

Ní’dílįį biyáą hoshé nłt’éé nashnishįgíí
Shizhé'é biké'íí bit’ąą níyį nłts’ą́ą’

Shináá’ii łééchąą yéí, dibégo yéí

Bee’áá’ náhwiinílį́į dóó ch’ilí tó’di bikáá’ bitąą’ yéí

Created by
MarkWaldrop

Western Apache language, an Athabaskan language

Standing Sentinel

A warrior by day, a father by night
Before My Gods striving to do right

Knowing no other life protecting what I have been given
From my father's homeland, I am being driven

May my Gods from the Sky and Mountains
Lead me to the Resting Place with many fountains

Created by
MarkWaldrop

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