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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



210 May your roads reach 



Togetlier may your roads be 

 fulfilled. 



210 o'neala te"tcina 

 a'nsani'o 

 to'n a-'wonaya'tuntiyo'na. 



Night Chant of Hekapakwe Ca'lako 



Host: «2 Father! 



Ca'lako: Son! 



Host: Elder brother! 



Ca'lako: Younger brother! 

 5 Host: Uncle! 



Ca'lako: Nephew! 



Host: Grandfather! 



Ca'lako: Grandson! 



Host: Great-grandfather! 

 10 Ca'lako: Great-grandson! 



Host: 



This night 



The ones who are our fathers 



Masked god priests, 



AH the masked gods. 

 15 At their precious mountain, 



Their precious lake, 



Perpetuating what has been since 

 the first beginning, 



Have assumed human form. 



Carrying your waters, 

 20 Carrying your seeds. 



Making your roads come forth. 



Making your roads come hither, 



You have passed us on our roads 



This night. 

 25 We see you, 



From the soles of your feet 



Even to the crowns of your heads, 



Clothed in all fine things 



You have passed us on our roads. 

 30 Looking at you 



We know you have passed us on 

 our roads. 



Surely because you have some- 

 thing to say, some word that is 

 not too long, 



You have passed us on our roads. 



If you let us know that 



ta'tcumo 

 ta'lemo 

 pa'pamo 

 su'vvemo 

 5 kii'ljamo 

 Ka'senio 

 na'namo 

 a'lemo 

 to'clemo 

 10 u'walfiimo 



lu'lfii Je'Hnan-e 



hon a''tatc i'lapona 



koKwa''ciwan-i 



ko'ko te'm}a 

 15 yam ya'la ya-'na 



yam Eii'watulin ya''na 



yam ko"nhoi tci'miEii'kona te'li- 

 a'na 



ho"i ya''Eana 



yam Rii'cim i^'leana 

 20 yam to'waconan i''leana 



o'neal kwai"iKana 



o'neal i'Eana 



ho"na Ion a-'wona-e'latenap}fa. 



lu'lfa Felinan'e 

 25 !io"na hon u'natiEanap'lfa 



we'kwikwinte 



o'tsimowakwi te"tcina 



kwa'hol te'mla le'a i'yante'tcina 



ho"na fon a^'wona-e'latenaplfa. 

 30 Jo"na hon a''wunatiEana-wapa 



ho"na l;ona*'wona-e'latenapjfa. 



i'me' hintcol kwaho} pe'nan teyu- 

 lanam"e pe'nan te"onalfa 



ho"na ton a''wona-e'latenapl(a. 

 u"son ho"na Ion ai'yu'yaEiina'- 

 wapa 



*' The host sits opposite the impersonator, and together they smoke a cigarette of native tobacco, and 

 passing the cigarette back and forth, exchange terms of relationship. There are certain peculiarities in the 

 terms used. Talemo: tale, brother's son, any male whose father belongs to my clan, hence, "my son," 

 man speaking. There is no term for son. tca'le, "child" is use in describing a relationship; tsawa^: 

 "youth," in referring to a person. This is not a term of relationship. Alemo: used only in this connection. 

 Ordinarily nana is used reciprocaUy for grandfather, grandson. Toclemo, uwa^cfimo used only in this con- 

 nection. There are no equivalents. Possibly these, and alemo, are ol»solete terms. They do not always 

 appear in the same order in the teits. (See pp. 713, 732.) The vocative suffli, too, is used only thus. 

 A man, in receiving a present, always in receiving a gift of tobacco, will say tatcumo or papamo, to 

 which the answer is talemo or suwemo. To a woman he sometimes says kawurao (elder sister) or 

 kuirumo (father's sister). She answers hanimo (younger brother or sister) or ta'lemo (brother's son). 



