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PRAYERS OF THE WAR CULT 



679 



45 Even though he was without value, 

 Notwithstanding he was a being 



of this kind — 

 Yet he was a water being; 

 He was a seed being. 



50 Desiring the enemy's waters 



Desiring his seeds 



Desiring his wealth 



Eagerly you shall await his day. 



55 Whenever his days are made, 

 Throughout the days. 

 Throughout the nights. 

 Tirelessly, unwearied, 



60 You shall live. 



Indeed, even though you ache from 



singing, 

 Even though you fain would sleeji, 

 In order to win the enemy's waters, 



65 His seeds. 



His wealth, 



His power, 



His strong spirit, 



To win these. 

 70 Throughout the nights 



Throughout the days. 



Tirelessly, unwearied 



You shall live. 



Then indeed, if we are lucky, 



To some little corner 



Where the dust lies thick, 



(You will steal away.) 



In order to procreate sturdy ^- men 



And sturdy women, 



Tirelessly you will live. 



To procreate strong males, 

 To procreate sturdy females, 

 85 To be the ones toward your 

 thoughts may bend, 

 Eager for this. 

 You will keep the days. 

 For indeed, the enemy, 

 Even though on rubbish " 



45 kwa'mastapf; a'ka 

 ho"i ya''6atapte 



Eacim ho"i te'a'lfa 



lo'waconan ho"i te'a'lja 



i'nakwe te"ona 

 50 an Ea'cim a'ntecemana 



an to'waconan a'ntecemana 



an u'tenan a'ntecemana 



a'ntsume'na 



Ion le'wanan a^'tekjina. 

 55 hoi yam an le'wanan yo"apa 



ya'to'we 



le'lina'we 



pu'a'aconici 



o'ntia'ulunici 

 60 Ion a-'teKan-a 



he'klce't te'neap-u'apte 



a'liak' a'liteapte 



i'nakwe te"ona 



an Ea'cima 

 65 an lo'waconan'e 



an u'tenan'e 



an sa'wanika 



an tse"makwin Isu'me 



o'Eiinakwi 

 70 le'lina'we 



yii'to'we 



pu'a'aconici 



o'ntia'ulunici 



Ion a-'tekan-a. 

 75 ho'nkwe't hon a^'halowilapa 



ko-'wi po'tceyo ya'hona 



kj-'w he'cokopa Isa'na 



3'tsi ya'sute 



o'kii ya'sute 

 80 i"to'tun'on a'ka 



pu'a'aconici 



Ion a''tekana 



hoi 3'tsia i'tohapa 



o'ka ya'sul i'tohapa 

 85 i'skjn tse"mak- le'lakwi yam a*' 

 teatun'ona'k;a 



a'nlsume'na 



Ion le'wanan a''teEana. 



he'klce't i'nakwe te"ona 



kwa'hamackon a'lfji 



" Children conceived at this time are under the special protection of the gods of war, and are therefore 

 especially strong. 

 n The Navajos have no cultivated crops. 



