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KATAA–OUOUTA
Mioushii wayaa ma'akaa saain wunuu, sulu'upuna
Nouchikii na wapuulerua janakanat. 
Kepiashii, wayaa ma‘akaa saain aleket sakaa 
Einuushii sutuma wei. 

Emejirashii wayaa sotpa wuñaasü 

Chashii wayaa a'lapuujain nakaa kashii numaa ka'i 
Suma'inru seyu wayuu 

Outushii wayaa ma'akaa katuule wouu.
TO LIVE–TO DIE
We live, like trees, inside 
the footsteps of our ancestors.
We live, like spiders, in the net 
of the maternal lair.

We always love on the edge of thirst.

We dream there, between kashii and ka’i
in the premises of the spirits.

We die as if we still were alive.
 
 
 
 

Translator's Note: kashii and ka’i: the moon and the sun