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ZUM RITUAL POETRY 



190 At the blessed place where they 

 were all gathered together, 

 We saw them. 

 Then with our prayer meal 

 Four times we sprinkled tlie tops 

 of their heads. 



195 This we did to aD. 



When this was at an end, 

 The one who is our father, 

 Overhearing us, 

 Prepared rain seats for us. 



200 His prayer meal 



Four times he sprinkled upon us. 



Following him 

 Our father's ram seats 

 We stood beside. 

 205 Then the one who is our father 

 Took hold of us. 

 Presenting us to all the directions 



he made us sit down. 

 We sat quietly; 

 We waited for his words. 

 210 Our father four times drew toward 



him 

 The rain cigarette which he had 



prepared. 

 Taking his grandmother by the 



hand, 

 He made her sit in the doorway. 

 215 Four times the mist passed tlirougli . 



With the mist. 



We added to the hearts of our 



fathers, 

 Our beloved ones of all the 



directions, 

 Asking for the waters 

 Of our fathers of all the directions 



When all this was at an end. 



Into OUT bodies 



We drew the misty breath. 

 225 Drawing in our breath 



With the terms of kinship 



We greeted one another: 



Father, son; elder brother, younger 

 brother; uncle, nephew; grand- 

 father, grandson; great-grand- 

 father, great-grandson. 



Thus we greeted one another. 



190 le'mla ha'pona Eo'kcikwi 



hon a''wunat({iEaa 



i'sEon yam ha'lawo'tinane 



a-'witela'ma a-'wan o'tsimowa'- 

 kowa 



a'witela'ma o'ta'wite' la'kuna 

 195 lu'{fa£on i''te'tcil^a 



lu'ifaEon i-'te'tcaj3a 



ho"no tato i'li te"ona 



tomt ha'tian ha'nlina 



yam £a'cima pai'yan e'lete'uk.a 

 te'kwi 

 200 yam ha'lawo'tinan-e 



a-'witela'ma ho'na o"ta'wite'- 

 u'lalfa 



i'ste ya'lu 



yam ta'tcona paiyan a'lkwi 



ho'no ye'li-u'lalfa 

 205 hon tatc i'li te"ona 



ho'no ya' ?eka. 



le'se te'kwi ta"Eana ho'no a'nim- 

 la'Eulfa. 



hon i'melaEu^a. 



hon se'wekc i-'cokyalfii. 

 210 hon tatc i'li te"ona 



yam Ea'cima po'ne e'lete'u'kowa 

 a-'witila'ma a"n-u'la{ga 

 yam ho? as'a'"nalfa 



a'mim Ifo'skujfii 

 215 a''witela'ma ci'pololon a'na'pik- 



wai'ilfa 

 la'lhok" le'si te'kwi 

 yam tse'mak-te'lakwi'kowa 

 yam a'tateu 

 ci'pololon a'ka 

 220 a''wike'na te'lia'na 

 la'lhok" le'si te'kwi 

 yam a-'tatcu Ea'cima yai'nce- 



mana 

 lu'^aEon i''te'tcapa 

 yam te'hulkwi ci'pololon ya'n- 



hakun kwatoKaJfa 

 225 ya'nhakuna kwa'toEiina 



yam hon a'ka i-'yani^inapona 

 i'sEon hon a'lja i-'yaniljinaplj.'i. 

 ta'teu ta'le pa'pa su'we Ifa'fea 



Eii'se na'na to'cle a'le u'wa- 



ifamo hon a'E'i'yaniJfinap^ffio 



