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PRAYERS TO THE SUN 



641 



120 Our mothers, 



All different kinds of corn 



In their earth mother 



We shall lay to rest. 



With their earth mother's living 

 waters 

 125 They will be made into new beings; 



Into their sun father's daylight 



They will come out standing; 

 Yonder to all directions 

 130 They wiU stretch out their hands 



calling for rain. 

 Then with their fresh waters 

 (The rain makers) wiU pass us on 



our roads. 

 Clasping their young ones in their 



arms 

 They wiU rear their children. 

 135 Gathering them into our houses, 



Following these toward whom our 



thoughts bend. 

 With our thoughts following them, 

 140 Thus we shall always live. 

 That this may be 

 Eagerly we have awaited your day. 

 Now that all their days are at an 



end, 

 145 Eagerly waiting until another day 



shall come, 

 We shall pass our days. 

 Indeed it is so. 

 Far off someone will be my father, 



The divine one, 

 150 He of the Badger clan. 



Asking for his life-giving breath 



His breath of old age. 



His breath of waters, 



His breath of seeds, 

 155 His breath of fecundity, 



His breath of all good fortune, 



Asking for his breath. 

 And into my warm body 

 Drawing his breath, 

 160 I shall add to your breath. 



Do not despise the breath of your 



fathers, 

 But into your bodies 

 Draw his breath. 



120 yam a-'tsita 



lio'wa temlanana , 



yam a^'witelin tsit'tana 



hon ti'nan kwatokana-wa 



yam a-'witelin tsit an Ea"kwin ajfa 



125 tci'm'on ho"i-ya''Kana 



yam yii'tojca ta'tcu 



an tie'Eohanankwi 



i'luwakna kwai"ina 



la'lhok" le'si te'kwi 

 130 Ea-'cima ce'man a's ta'Eana'wapa 



yam Eii'cima tcim'on alfii 

 ho'n a''wona-e'latena'wapa 



te'apEunan i-'Eeckuna 



tca'lona ya-'Eana'wapa 

 135 yam he'coliakwi 



a'wana'-u'lana 



a''tapana 



tse"mak-!;e'lakwi 



tse"mak ya'lu 

 140 hon le'wanan te'atun'ona'lja 



a'ntsume'na 



hon !;e'wanan a''teaka te'kwi 



Jfes a"wan le'wanan i''te'tcikwi 



lak" to'pa te'watun te'kwi 

 145 a'ntsume'na 



hon !e'wanan a''teEan-a. 



no'mil'te 



ho'Jomackona tcu'waiya ho' tatc 

 i'liEan-a 



Eii'pin ho"i 

 150 to'nac a'notan i'li te"ona 



an o'naya''naka pi"nan"e 



an la'cialj.i pi"nan'e 



an Ea'cima pi"nan-e 



an to'waconan pi"nan"e 

 155 an ^e'apEunan pi"nan-e 



an kwa'hol te'mJa pf'nan i'li 

 te"ona 



pi"nan ai'ncemana 



yam ?;ehul Ea'lnakwi 



pi"nan a'na'-kwa'toEana 

 160 !io"na'wan an pi"nan te'liana'wapa 



ct yam a^'tatcu 



a-'wan pi"nan ya'tcitunam-e 



yam ce'hiakwi 



pi"nan a'ua'kwatoEiina 



