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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



[eTH. ANN. 47 



Phime wands whicli I have pre- 

 pared for your use. 

 Drawing your plume wands to you, 

 And sharing my phune wands, 



Indeed, under no conditions shall 

 you take anyone away. ^ 



Among all the corn priests' ladder 

 descending children, 



All the little boys, 



The little girls, 

 30 And those whose roads go ahead. 



Was one, perhaps even a valuable 

 man, 



Who, his heart becoming angry be- 

 cause of something, 



Injured you with his power.^' 



35 That one only you will think to 

 drag down. 



All of your good fortune whatsoever 



May you grant to us. 

 40 Preserving us along a safe road, 

 May our roads be fulfilled. 



20 lo j'am te'likinan e'lete'u'kowa 



torn ho' te'likinan a'nhaitepa 



te'likinan a'nulana 



ho'man te'likinan a'lj' i''yanhai- 

 tena 



ilte'lekwante 

 25 teu'waiyatik ho'H 



lo a'hawaCiina'm-ana 



le' to'wa ci'wan an le'tsilon pa'ni'- 

 nan tea' we 



ko'w a'ktsik la'na 



ka-'wi kiitsik la'na 

 30 a''won-e"kwinte 



hoi tcu'wa Te"yak' ho"i te'an'te 



kwa'tiko! a'kii 



i'ken i'samatina 



yam sa'wanik' a'lja 



Tom a'na!;suma' kona 

 35 lu'kiiEon te"tci 



a'na'-u'lanaka 



lorn tse"makwi te'K'iin-a 



yam kwahoJ te'mla le'ni ha'lowi- 

 lin-e 



ho"na to' ya'nhaitena 

 40 o'neala Eo'kci 'kona 



hon a''te"-ya 



ton a-'wona-ya-'Eanaptu. 



" The dead are lonely without the living and try to draw them away. The wife longs for her living 

 husband, the mother for her children. Therefore these individuals stand in grave danger of death. 

 " The sorcerer whose ill will caused the fatal illness. 



