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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



te'a'ona 



the one who is 



te'kwi 



sides 1 



te'a'ona 



the one who is 



hom 



ta'Ean 



presenting 



yam ha'lawo'tinan'e. 



my prayer meal 



o'taVite'-e'kuna . . 



sprinkling on it 



yam ta'ctona Ea'cima pai'yan a'lkwi 



my father's water seat where it lay 



ho* ye'li'iilapa 



I stood beside it 



ho'ma ta'tcu 



my father 



ho'ma ya'?eka. 



me grasped 



la'lhok" le'si 



yonder to all 



ho'ma ta'tcu 



my father 



hom a'nimlaEupa 



me having seated quietly 



yam Ea'cima po'n-e ye'lete'u'kona 



his water roll the one he had prepared 



a"n'u}ana 



drawing toward him 



yam hot a's'ana'ka 



his grandmother tailing him by the hand 



a'nimEosEuka 



he seated her in the doorway 



a'nimEosEuna 



having seated her in the doorway 



a'witela'ma ci'pololon 



four times smoke 



yam ce'hiakwi 



his body 



ci'pololon ya'nhaEuna 



smoke breath 



yam a"'tatcu 



his fathers 



ci'pololonak'a a^'mkcna 



smoke with their hearts 



ke'sic e'letapa 



now indeed this is well 



u'wanamik' a''te'ona 



rain maker beings 



el yam ci'pololon 



[that not) their smoke 



a"'team"e?un'onak-a 



that they might not be thus 



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yam a"'tatcu 



his fathers 



ci'pololonaka awikena te'liaka. 



with smoke their hearts he added to 



ani'mlakuka 



he seated me 



cu'lulutinan ana'pikwai'iEana 



sucking 



kwa'tok'iina 



taking in 



te'liana 



adding to 



yanhakuna 



breath 



drawing it through 



kwai"inan 



coming out 



i''witcemana 



withholding 



