A Voice from the Eastern Door
Early Springtime – Part 1
1. Tonsakté:ni ne akerahkwaka'aión:tha I changed my clock
2. Énska niiohwistà:'e wá:khente akerahkwaka'aiòn:tha I turned my clock 1 hour ahead
3. Ó:nen thó:ha kakwitè:ne nikahá:wi It is almost spring time
4. Sha'té:ions tsi niwenhníseres tánon ne tsi niwahsón:tes It will be the same length of day and night (equinox)
5. Sakanié:ien It did snow again
6. Tonsakeniehtohtáhrho I did shovel snow again
7. Sakewisarón:ko I did scrape ice again
8. Sakarahkwataríha'te The sun got warm again
9. Wa'kaniehtaná:wen The snow did melt
10. Iowisen'tónnion ontshá:rhon The icicles did drip
11. Akwathentà:ke iohnekónnion There are puddles in my yard
12. Tsi tekahronión:ni wa'tkeniehtohtáhrho ohén:ton tsi tewakenónhsote I did clean the snow from the ditch in front of my house
13. Ó:kiake ne otsi'tén:'a tontakón:ne Some of the birds did come back
14. Otsi'ten'okón:'a kontirennotákie onkwathón:te'ne I heard the birds singing
15. Wa'kerontahrá:rake I did tap trees
16. Wa'kerontakahrón:ten I did make a hole in the log
17. Teieronwarahonteráhkhwa iehwatasé:tha wà:katste I used an electric drill
18. Wa'ke'wahstò:roke I did insert the spout
19. Wa'ke'wahstotónnion I stood up a lot of taps
20. Wa'kena'tsianiiontónnion I did hang a lot of buckets
21. Wa'khnekarò:roke ne orontákeri I did collect the sap
22. Ia'káweron ne orontákeri I did pour the sap
23. Wa'kenón:wakentste I did filter it
24. Wa'tekhnekónkiehte I did boil the liquid
25. Katshè:takon wa'kéta'a I put it in a jar
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