Mari Boine "Ná darvánii jáhkku" lyrics

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Ná darvánii jáhkku

Go mánná mon ledjen ja skuvlii mon álgenIn gávdnan in sáni go dárustit álgenja jalla ja heittot mon iežan mielas orrongo ohppen ahte eatnigiella ii mange veara lea

Ná darvánii jáhkku ahte sápmi lei heittot

Go boarráset šadden ja máilbmái vulgenin muitalan goasge ahte sápmelaš ledjenja čaibmen singuin ovttas geat bilkidedje sámiidvaikko dovden ahte iežan mun eanemusat sorden

Ná darvánii jáhkku ahte sápmi lei heittot

Dál vikkan fas ohcat maid dán rádjái láhppenii oro mus giella ii dáro ii sámedan dihte mon rávven du sámi nuoraváldde vára iežat giela dasgo giella lea fápmu

Ale šat jáhke ahte sápmi lea heittot

How I was convinced

When I was a child and I started schoolI didn't find a word when i started to speak norwegian1and I felt myself foolish and miserablewhen I learned that the mother tongue is for no use

This is how I was convinced that a sámi was bad2

And the I got older and went to see the worldI didn't ever say that I was a sámiand I laughed with them who mocked sámialthough I felt that I mostly hurt myself

This is how I was convinced that a sámi was bad

Now I try to search what I until now lostmy language doesn't seem to be neither sámi nor norwegiantherefore I tell you young sámihold your language dear because language is power

Don't believe anymore that a sámi is bad

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