Emerging

Act I:                            Níyol

Dah adii’ąągo dá’ák’ehgóó deeshwoł.

Act II:                          Chahałheeł

Once upon a time, { five-fingered being cold      air

sunrise } stepped into a sentence: Nizhónígo bi’éé’ holǫǫ

dooleeł. Éé’tsoh diłhiłgo yii’ doo’nah. They stepped

further into the words. There is water; łeets’aa’ nímazí

shee hólǫ. There is a meadow, a winter’s meadow,

gathering in a bright morning.

Act III:                         Dąąn

Shándíín;

Hootsoh ayóo bits’ą’dinídíín.

Saad ‘adííłhéelgo yiiłtsą.

Act IV:                          Shį

Bóhoosh’aah

I stand in the sun

with an empty bowl

meant for a river