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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



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70 Made his road come in. 



They sat down quietly. 



Yonder toward the east, 



To our two fathers 



Wliite masked god,' 

 75 Black masked god,' 



To where they were made ready 



The prayers reached; 



Carrymg their waters. 



Carrying their seeds, 

 80 Making their road come hither. 



Going along one road. 



They sat down quietly. 



After a blessed night. 



With our children we came to day. 

 85 When the ones who are our fathers, 



Dawn old men, 



Dawn youths. 



Dawn boys. 



Dawn old women, 

 90 Dawn matrons, 



Dawn maidens, 



Dawn girls, 



Had risen standing to their sacred 

 place, 

 95 Saying, "Let it be now," 



Four times 



Drawing up our grandmother,'" 



And making her arise. 



Making her go ahead 

 100 Yonder toward the east 



With prayers 



We made our roads go forth. 



How the world will be. 



How the days will be, 

 105 We desired to know. 



Perhaps if we are lucky 



Our earth mother 



Will wrap herself in a fourfold robe 



Of white meal, 

 110 Full of frost flowers; 



A floor of ice will spread over the 

 world. 



The forests, 



Because of the cold will lean to one 

 side, 

 115 Their arms will break beneath the 

 weight of snow. 



When the days are thus 



The flesh of our earth mother 



Will crack with cold. 



Then in the spring when she is 

 replete with living waters 



70 o'neala kwa'toKiina 



i'tinan I'laKiEapa 



li-'wan te'luwankwin ta"na 



hon a'tatc i'lapa 



ko'ko Eo'hana 

 75 ko'ko Ewi'n-e 



Ifes hoi a''wan ya"'nici 



^e'wusu pe'nan i'tiulakiipa 



yam Ea'cima ie'apa 



yam ?o'waconan ie'apa 

 80 o'neal i'Eana 



to'pint o'neal a-'napa 



i'tinan-la'kikna 



te'linan Eo'kci 



hon tca'wilap a^'wantewajja 

 85 hon a''tatc i'lapona 



te'luwai alf' a-'wiots a^'laci 



te'luwaiak' a''tsawaki 



te'luwaialj' a^'waktsilfi 



te'luwaiak' a'wok' a''laci 

 90 le'luwaiak* a"'maki 



te'luwaiak' e'wactoki 



te'luwaiak' a''ljatsi(fi 



yam te'lacinakwi 



i'Kiwakna Ee'atoEapa 

 95 hoi k.VEi ke'si le"anaEapa 



yam hot i'li te"ona 



a''witela'ma 



a'na'-e'lamaEana 



an o'neal e"kwikona 

 100 le'hok"' te'luwankwin ta"na 



te'wus a'kii 



hon o'neal a^'Eanapa 



ho'lko'n u'lu'nan te'atun'ona 



holko'n te'wanan te'atun'ona 

 105 a'ntecemana 



ho'nkwe-t hon a''halowilapa 



hon a-'witelin tsit i'lap a''te'ona 



a-'wite i'yalto 



o'pana Eohana 

 110 tse'nak-u'tea-p3 li 



k3"'wi lem pe u'lo'na 



ta'kwil-po'Ti 

 yam i'tsumanan a^a 

 k3''wl hiwai o'nana 

 115 ko'w a-'wasi-ya'mtcona 



hoi le'wanan te'apa 

 hon a-'witelin tsit i'lap a''te'ona 

 ko'wi ci"nan o'Eoclena 

 Ea"kwi-va''na te'lakwai'iEana 



