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ZTJNI RITUAL POETRY 



5 For you who have attained tlie far- 

 off place of waters,^ 

 This day 

 My children 

 Have prepared food for your rite. 



10 Now our sun father 



Has gone in to sit down at his 

 sacred place.* 



Taking the food my children have 

 prepared at their fireplaces 



(I have come out.) 

 15 Those who hold our roads,' 



The night priests,* 



Coming out rising to their sacred 

 place 



Will pass us on our roads. 

 20 Tills night 



I add to your hearts. 



With your supernatural wisdom 



You will add to your hearts. 



Let none of you be missing 

 25 But all add to your hearts. 



Thus on all sides you will talk to- 

 gether. 



From where you stay quietly 



Your little wind-blown clouds. 



Your fine wisps of cloud, 

 30 Your massed clouds you will send 

 forth to sit down with us; 



With your fine rain caressing the 

 earth, 



With all your waters 



You will pass to us on our roads. 



With your great pile of waters, 

 35 With your fine rain caressing the 

 earth, 



With your heavy rain caressing the 

 earth, 



You will pass to us on our roads. 



My fathers, 



Add to your hearts. 

 40 Your waters. 



Your seeds. 



Your long life,' 



Your old age 



You will grant to us. 



5 le'hok" Eii'cima l^e'wa o'Eana'kowa 



lu'^a yii'ton-e 



horn tea' we 



!:o"na'wan hai'to 



i'ton ya-'EanapJfii. 

 10 ho'na'wan ya'tolja ta'tcu 



yam le'iacinakwi 



i''mina kwa'toEapa 



hom tca'we 



yam a'klinawa i'to ya"'Ea,napkowa 

 i-'leana 

 15 hon a"'wona"wi'lona 



fe'liaka a-'ciwani 



yam lie'iacinakwi 



i''luwakna kwai'ina 



ho'n a-'wona-elatena'wa. 

 20 lu'ka t'e'Iinan'e 



to"na ho' a'wikena telia'u. 



yam a'nikwanan a'^a 



i'ke'na i-'teliana. 



el tcu'hol i'metcam'e 

 25 i'ke'n i''teliana. 



le'si te'kwi ton ya'cu telaKana 



yam ti'nan la'Ri'kowa 

 yam pi'tcinan-e 

 su'lahaiyan'e 

 30 yam a'weluyan ya'na i'muna kwai'i 

 Kana 

 yam Ka'tsana liton-lelakwi 



yam Ea'cimalfii 

 ho'na !-on a''wona-e'latena: 

 yam Ea'cima pu'ckwin-e 

 35 yam Eatsana Hton-?elakwi 



yam Ea'iana Hton-telakwi 



ho'na ton a"'wona-elatena'wa 

 hom a-'tatcu 

 i'ke"n i''teliana 

 40 yam Ea'cima 

 yam to'wacona' 

 yam o'naya'nakii 

 yam la'cialja 

 to va'niktciana'wa 



' That is, the dead. 



' The sun has two resting places: One above, to which he "comes out standing" at sunrise: one below 

 the world, to which he "goes in to sit down" at sunset. 



' A'wonawil'ona— used of any supernaturals who influence human affairs. This is not a special deity, 

 as Mrs. Stevenson believes. 



« That is the night itself, anthropomorphically envisaged. 



' Onaya"naka— literally "road fulfilling." 



