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ZXJNI RITUAL POETRY 



[ETH.ANN. 47 



Our sun father 



Having come out standing to his 

 sacred place, 



Our child, 

 25 It is your day. 



This day. 



The flesh of the white corn. 



Prayer meal, 



To our sun father 

 30 This prayer meal we offer. 



May your road be fulfilled 



Reaching to the road of your sun 

 father. 



When your road is fulfilled 

 35 In your thoughts (may we live) 



May we be the ones whom your 

 thoughts will embrace, 



For this, on this day 



To our sun father. 

 40 We offer prayer meal. 



To this end: 



May you help us all to finish our 

 roads. 



20 i-luwakna kwai"iEapa 



ho"na ya'tokii ta'tcu 



yam ?e'lacinakwi 



ye-'lana kwai"iEapa 



ho"nawan ^e'apEunan-e 

 25 tom le'wanan te-'alja. 



lu'ka ya'ton'e 



to'wa Eo'han an ci"nan-e 



ha'lawo-tinan'e 



yam ya'toka ta'tcu 

 30 hon ha'lawQ-tinan }e'ana'wa- 



yam yatokil ta'tcu 



o'neala te"tcina 



lo' o'na-ya''an"a 



to' o'na ya-"apa 

 35 lom tse"makwin a'kii 



to'ma'nan tse"makwin-te'lakwi 



yam hon a''teatun'on ajjii 



lu'ka ya'ton'e 



j'am ya'toka ta'tcu 

 40 yam ha'lawo'tinan le'ana 



te'wuna' ho"na to'tem}atea''wona- 

 va-'Eana. 



The Pekwin Sets the Date for the Summer Solstice 



Before the summer solstice the pekwin makes daily observations 

 of the sunset from a shrine east of the village. When the sun sets 

 behind a certain point in the mesa he begins to count days with 

 offerings of prayer sticks. There are six such offerings according to 

 Mrs. Stevenson.' At dawn of the morning following the last offering 

 he announces from the highest housetop in Zuni that the summer 

 solstice will take place after eight days. 



Now that those who hold our roads, 

 Dawn ancients. 

 Youths, 

 Matrons, 

 5 Maidens, 



Over their sacred place. 

 Have raised their curtain. 

 Here, on the corn priests' housetop 

 I stand up. 

 10 My fathers. 

 My sun father. 

 We have made your days. 

 Divine ones. 

 Remember your days. 



hon a''wona'wi'lona 

 le'luwaiaka a-'laci 

 a-'tsawaki 

 a-'ma^i 

 5 e'wactoki 



yam te'lacinakwi 

 a'lani Ee'atoka te'kwi 

 li''!a t'o'wa ci'wani 

 an te'ala ho' yc'la'u. 

 10 horn a-'tatcu 



horn ya'toka ta'tcu 

 to'man te'wanan yo"apa 

 Eii'pin a''ho'i 

 yam te'wanan ai'yu'ya'napa 



1 Twenty-third Ann. Bept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. US. 



