Apane Igwa
Apane Igwa (Forever). Originally by Shania Twain. Translated by Howard Kimewon.
Sung by members of the Ojibwe language table, circa 2011.
| G’nikaan |
ga moozhag |
ezhi |
-andawenimiyan |
epiichi |
minjimishkoozhiyin |
| In your arms |
I feel often |
how |
you want me |
while |
you hold me |
| In your arms I can still feel the way you want me when you hold me |
| Geyabi |
ninoondanan |
ikidowinan |
epiichi |
gaaskanooziyin |
| Still |
I hear |
the words |
while |
you whisper to me |
| I can still hear the words you whispered when you told me |
| Apane igo |
maampii |
n’ga aayaa |
g’nikaang |
| Forever |
here |
I will be |
in your arms |
| I can stay right here forever in your arms |
Chorus:
| Gaawiin wiika |
g’da bingejiwebinisinon |
| Never |
I won’t let you go |
| And there ain’t no way I’m lettin’ you go now |
| Gaawiin igo . . . |
Gaawiin igo |
| No . . . |
No |
| And there ain’t no way and there ain’t no how |
| Gaawiin wiika |
n’ga waamdaasiin |
giizhigak |
| Never |
I won’t see |
the day |
| I’ll never see that day |
| Apane igo |
g’ga ganooinmin |
miinwash |
apane igo |
| Forever |
I will keep you |
and |
forever |
| ‘Cause I’m keeping you forever and for always |
| Ensa |
giizhigak |
g’ga ganawendizomin |
| Each |
day |
we will keep each other |
| We will be together all of our days |
| Ensa |
gizheb |
n’wii waabandan |
waashkoban |
dengwe |
. . . apane igo |
| Each |
morning |
I will see it |
a sweet |
face |
. . .forever |
| Wanna wake up every morning to your sweet face . . . always |
| Geyabi |
ninoondan |
gd’ode |
madwesig |
ensa |
jiimiyan |
| Still |
I hear it |
your heart |
making sound |
every time |
you kiss me |
| In your heart I can still hear a beat for every time you kiss me |
| Gikendaamaan |
minik |
metisiniyan |
epiichi |
waasawinagoziying |
| I know it |
how much |
you miss me |
while |
we are far away |
| And when we’re apart, I know how much you miss me |
| Moozhitoomaan |
ezhi-zaagiyan |
gd’ode’eng |
| I feel it |
how you love me |
in your heart |
| I can feel your love for me in your heart |
(Repeat Chorus)
| Gd’oshkiinzhigoon |
geyabi |
niwaabmaa |
bezhig |
aapchigwa |
zaagid |
| In your eyes |
still |
I see someone, |
one |
very much |
who loves me |
| In your eyes I can still see the look of the one who really loves me |
| Bezhig |
aapchigwa |
zaagid |
| One |
very much |
who loves me |
| The one who wouldn’t put anything else in the world above me |
| Geyabi |
igo |
moozhitoomaan |
epiichi |
zaagiyan |
| Still |
very much |
I feel it |
while |
you love me |
| I can still see love for me in your eyes |
