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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



185 When all my fathers, 



Passed me on my road, 



Yonder from all sides 



The divine ones made their roads 

 come forth. 

 190 They made their roads come 

 hither 



Whenever it was that they first 

 took hold of our plume Vi'ands, 



In the brush. 



The straight green shoots of some 

 lucky one 

 195 Drawing toward them, 



They held them fast. 



Holding in our hands 



Plume wands ordained for our two 

 fathers, 



Kiiwuha, 



Pautiwa, 

 202 Thus we came to evening. 



With the massed cloud rol)e 



Of him who is our grandfather, 



Male turkey, 

 205 With eagle's thin cloud wing. 



With the striped cloud wings 



And massed cloud tails 



Of all the birds of summer, 



210 With these four times wrapping 

 our plume wands 



We gave them human form; 



With the one who is our grand- 

 father, 



Giant yucca, 



Even a roughly made thread, 

 215 Even a dirty thread. 



With this four times encircling 

 them. 



We tied it about their bodies; 



With our mothers, 



Black paint woman, 



Clay woman, 

 220 With their flesh four times we 

 clothed our plume wands all over 

 with flesh. 



Putting flesh on our plume wands 



We gave them human form. 



Then when yet a little space re- 

 mained 



Ere our sun father went in 



185 homa le'n a''tatcu 



hom o'na-e'latena'wapa 



la'lhok" le'si tekwi 



Eii'pin a'ho'i 



o'neala kwai'iEiina 

 190 o'neal i'Eana 



liol ^e''la yam te'likinan ya'tena 

 tsu'meKanapfca te'a'ana 



la'kwil pa-'li 



hoi tcuw ha'lowili'kona 



a''Kawu}kwi'nakna 

 195 a'wana-ula'kona 



a' ' wiy aten-tsu 'meEana 



yam a'tcia tatc ilap a''te'ona 



EilwuHa 



pa'utiwa 



a''tcian hai'to 



hon te'likinan fe'apa 

 202 su'nhaEanapka 



yam nan i'li te"ona 



ton ots an a'wehiyan pa"in-e 



205 Ea'Eal an su'lahaiyan la'tan'c 

 la'lhok" o'lo'iKaialfa wo'we 

 a' 'wan la'pihanan la'tan-e 

 a'weluyan Ka'ten'e 

 a'lj' a''witela'ma 



210 te'likina a''pa'una 



a-'ho' a-'ya''Eana 

 yam nan i'li te"ona 



ho'yalaciwa 

 ko'ti pi"lenapte 

 215 pi"le ci'lfanapte 



a''witela'ma pa'nulapnan i'kwian 

 te"tcina 



yam tsit i'li te"ona 

 ha'kwin o'(fa 



he'tel ok' a'tcian ci"nan'e 

 220 alf' a-'witela'ma te'lijfinan ma' 

 ci'nana 



i'yante'tcina te'lijfinan i''ci''nana 



ho"i ya''kana'wapa 



hon ya'tolja tatc i'lap a^'te'ona 



yam te'laci'nakwi 



