Bagidendan (Let It Go)
This song is from the Disney film, Frozen. Now brought to you from Hollow Rock in Grand Portage, Minnesota.
Noongom dibik waasegooniyaabikaa
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
gaawiin waabanjigaadesiinoon
not a footprint to be seen
ninaazhikewiz omaa
a kingdom of isolation
gaye niniigaaniz igo.
and it looks like I’m the queen.
—
Mashkawimadweyaasin gichibiiwang
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
gaawiin ingii-gaadoosiin gojitooyaan.
couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I tried.
Gego biindigaa’aaken.
Don’t let them in, don’t let them see.
Mino’izhiwebizin ikwezens.
Be the good girl you always have to be.
Gego wiindamawaaken.
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know.
Gikendamowaad.
Well, now they know.
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Bagidendan, bagidendan
Let it go, let it go
bwaa-minjiminamaan.
can’t hold it back anymore.
Bagidendan, bagidendan,
Let it go, let it go,
gibaakowebinan ishkwaandem.
turn away and slam the door.
Inzaabendaan idamowaad
I don’t care what they’re going to say
manoo izhise
let the storm rage on
gaawiin wiika ingii-baamendansiin.
the cold never bothered me anyway.