
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 |