ᏒᎧᏔ ᎤᏩᏂᎦᏢ, ᎤᎩᎶ ᏛᎦ ᏗᎦᏂᏱᏍᎩ ᎦᏂᏓᏛ ᎠᏓᏂᏛᏂᏍᎪ ᏃᎴ ᏗᎦᏒᎳᏍᎪ. ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏍᎩ ᏥᏍᏆᏯ, ᎠᎧᏔᎭ ᎤᏍᏆᎳ ᏃᎴ ᎤᏬᏚᏨ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏅᎢ, ”ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ, ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ, ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ.”
On an apple bough, the phoebe teeters and wags its tail and says, “Phoebe, phoe-bee! ” The song sparrow, who knows how brief and lovely life is, says, “Sweet, sweet, sweet interlude; sweet, sweet, sweet interlude.”