Tadai

by

Angelina Sarsficio

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Tadai, tadai

bapt o me:?

s-meldag 'a:pi ba añ ma m-ñeid

sapt e-ju: k hab 'an si has ñenhog?

nap a:ñi an ñ-ga:k?

. . . 'i añ hu ke:k.

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FromWhen it Rains: Papago and Pima Poetry edited by Ofelia Zepeda, University of Arizona Press, Sun Tracks Vol. 7,
© 1982 Angelina Sarsficio.

My apologies for the incomplete set of diacritical marks; nor do I have the possibility of placing a . below letters.

This poem is also available in the English language.