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Ztmi RITUAL POETRY 



[eTH. ANN. 47 



hon i'yona ya''Eana-we?i'ya'na 



we (for one another) would that we might finish our roads 



e'pac lewusuKe"na'we 



verily wo shall pray (for this) 



tewuna* horn a"'tatcu 



finally my fathers 



horn a^'tsita 



my mothers 



hom tca'we 



my children 



?o'na le'kohanan ya'niktcia't'u 



to you life may it be given 



?o'n a"'wona ya't'u 



your roads may they be fulfilled 



?on a-'lacit'u 



you may grow old 



?o'na kwa ai'naka ya'niktciat'u 



to you some killing may it be given 



hol yam ya'toka ta'tcu 



somewhere your sun father 



an o'naya'naka o'nealan kwai'inakwi 



his life giving road where it comes out 



o'neal u'la 



(your) road stretching 



?o"n a'wonaya'?un?i'ya'na. 



your roads may be fulfilled [would that). 



Sayataca's Morning Chant ^' 



And now indeed it has come to pass. 



This past day, 



I stood beside the water-filled 

 ladder 



Of my daylight fathers, 



My daylight mothers. 



My daylight children. 

 8 We who had stood there, 



In the rain-filled room 



Of our daylight fathers. 



Staying quietly we came to day. 

 12 Now our dawn fathers, 



Dawn old men. 



Dawn youths, 

 15 Dawn boys. 



Dawn old women. 



Dawn matrons. 



Dawn maidens, 



Dawn girls. 



no'miltakwa 



le'cukwa ya'ton-e 



yam te'Eohanan a''tatcu 



yam te'Eohanan a''tsita 

 5 yam te'Eohanan tca'we 



a''wan Ea'cima ta'pela 



hon i'luwa-yu'lalfa. 



hon iluwa-yu'la'kona 



yam te'£ohanan a"'tatcu 

 10 a-'wan Eacima te'li'to'kona 



hon ti'nan la'Ei te'waEanapjfa 



hon te'luwaiak' a^'tatc i'lapona 



te'luwaiak' a''}aci 



te'luwaiak' a-'tsawajfi 

 15 te'luwaia^f' a-'waktsiki 



te'luwaialf' a-'walj' a-'laci 



te'luwaiak' a''ma(fi 



te'luwaialf' e'wactolfi 



le'luwaialf' a-'lfiitsUfi 



"" At the first sign of dawn Sayataca with pekwin ascends to the roof of the house and unties the last 

 knot in the counting string, as a sign that his year is ended. He chants the following prayer, stretching 

 out the string at the end of each line. The prayer is afterwards repeated in the house. 



