Imagine
G’pkwenmaag Noongwa (Imagine). Originally by John Lennon, 1971. Translated by Howard Kimewon and Margaret Noodin.
Sung by Margaret Noodin
Note: This recording was designed so if you have the music to the song you can sing along in time.
1.
| Gonemaa |
waakiing |
bwaateg |
| Maybe |
heaven |
not there |
| Imagine there’s no Heaven |
| Wenpanad |
giishpin |
gojitoyin |
| Easy |
if |
try (you) |
| It’s easy if you try |
| Gaawiin |
gonemaa |
gego |
gage |
shkodeing |
| No |
maybe |
thing |
forever |
fire place |
| No hell below us |
| Giizhigong |
goweta |
igo |
temigad |
| Sky |
only |
emph. |
there |
| Above us only sky |
| G’pkwenim |
noongwa |
| Think about |
right now |
| Imagine all the people |
| Bemeyaajig |
bimaadzijig |
| Those here |
the people. |
| Living for today |
2.
| Gonemaa |
ednokiiyin |
bwaateg |
| Maybe |
homeland |
not there |
| Imagine there’s no countries |
| Wenpanad |
giishpin |
gojitoyin |
| Easy |
if |
try (you) |
| It isn’t hard to do |
| Gaawiin |
gego |
daapanamaa |
tesiinon |
| No |
thing |
to take it |
not there |
| Nothing to kill or die for |
| Gaawiin |
gego |
namewinan |
tesiinon |
| No |
thing |
prayers |
not there |
| And no religion too |
| G’pkwenim |
noongwa |
| Think about |
right now |
| Imagine all the people |
| Weweni |
bimaadzijig |
| Carefully / peacefully |
the people. |
| Living life in peace |
Chorus:
| Gonemaa gwa |
ndo’giibaadendaam |
| Maybe |
I am having crazy thoughts |
| You may say that I’m a dreamer |
| Gaawiin |
goweta |
igo |
niin |
| Not |
only |
emph. |
me |
| But I’m not the only one |
| Gonemaa |
igo |
ingoding |
n’gaa bi wiijimi |
| Maybe |
emph. |
someday |
we will here be with |
| I hope someday you’ll join us |
| Da |
bezhigwan aki. |
| Future |
to be one world |
| And the world will be as one |
3.
| Gaawiin |
gego |
debendamowaad |
| No |
thing |
that belongs to them |
| Imagine no possessions |
| Gonemaa |
gwa |
gd’shkitoon |
| Maybe |
emph. |
you can |
| I wonder if you can |
| Gaawiin |
goya |
aayaasii |
naanoodzid |
maage |
bakaded |
| No |
one |
is not |
greed |
or |
hungry |
| No need for greed or hunger |
| Kina goya |
wii nitaasandawag |
| Everyone |
will be relatives |
| A brotherhood of man |
| G’pkwenim |
noongwa |
| Think about |
right now |
| Imagine all the people |
| Maatookiiwin |
maagwejig |
| Sharing |
the ones that were given |
| Sharing all the world |
Chorus:
| Gonemaa gwa |
ndo’giibaadendaam |
| Maybe |
I am having crazy thoughts |
| You may say that I’m a dreamer |
| Gaawiin |
goweta |
igo |
niin |
| Not |
only |
emph. |
me |
| But I’m not the only one |
| Gonemaa |
igo |
ingoding |
n’gaa bi wiijimi |
| Maybe |
emph. |
someday |
we will here be with |
| I hope someday you’ll join us |
| Da |
bezhigwan aki. |
| Future |
to be one world |
| And the world will be as one |
