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The Language of the People (Havasu Ba Quawa)
- The American Indian Quarterly
- University of Nebraska Press
- Volume 29, Number 3&4, Summer/Fall 2005
- pp. 673-674
- 10.1353/aiq.2005.0074
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The American Indian Quarterly 29.3 & 4 (2005) 673-674
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The Language of the People
Kimberly Andrews
The language of the people[End Page 673]
Rings short
And sweet as fruitLike canyon pebbles falling on short grass sand,
On water.
Accented, quick like the call of the desert wren.A drum that fades into
The deep sky seam. This is what balance is, at each end of the world,
Great serpents speak these tongues.This talk is a great miracle,
Its beauty is a great miracle.The Colorado bleeds, slow.
Havasu Ba Quawa
Ba Quawja
Yaja, yaja
Muula
Wi gatch mullaewellaja
ha
Muttquad' da
Wa, Hava pamuma
Umgaha
Vaulwepa, mattva
Velewi
Quawja ahanna
Ha quth theya.
Endnote
Translated by Rex Tilousi of Havasu-Baaja: People of the Blue Green Waters: www.havasubaaja.org. Published with permission.
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