DiscoverPoetry – Cree Literacy NetworkBe the Light: Amanda Gorman, translated by Solomon Ratt
Be the Light: Amanda Gorman, translated by Solomon Ratt

Be the Light: Amanda Gorman, translated by Solomon Ratt

Update: 2021-01-21
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Amanda Gorman’s poetry and performance at yesterday’s Presidential inauguration was breathtaking. The closing phrase of her poem, “The Hill we Climb” offers a special aspiration that we can all hold dear. Thanks, Sol, for capturing it in Cree.


kapî ôma wâsaskotîw kîspin îsa ta-kî-sôhkitîhîyahk ta-wâpahtamahk;

kîspin îsa ta-kî-sôhkitîhîyahk ikosi ta-isi-ayâyahk.


ᑲᐲ ᐆᒪ ᐚᓴᐢᑯᑏᐤ ᑮᐢᐱᐣ ᐄᓴ ᑕ ᑮ ᓲᐦᑭᑏᐦᐄᔭᕽ ᑕ ᐚᐸᐦᑕᒪᕽ;

ᑮᐢᐱᐣ ᐄᓴ ᑕ ᑮ ᓲᐦᑭᑏᐦᐄᔭᕽ ᐃᑯᓯ ᑕ ᐃᓯ ᐊᔮᔭᕽ᙮


‘There is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it;

if only we are brave enough to be it.’

Amanda Gorman ‘The Hill We Climb.’

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Be the Light: Amanda Gorman, translated by Solomon Ratt

Be the Light: Amanda Gorman, translated by Solomon Ratt

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