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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



[eth. 



Clothing us with all things needful, 

 270 He made us ready. 



When he had made us ready 



Four times 



With our cover of thin clouds » he 

 fitted us. 



When he had reached the end, (he 

 spoke) : 

 275 "This is all. 



With plain words 



You have passed us on our road. 



When our sun father 



Has gone in to sit down at his 

 ancient place. 



And when our night fathers. 



Our mothers, 



Over their ancient place, 



Have raised their dark curtain, 

 285 All together 



Our daylight fathers, 



Our mothers, 



Our children, 



We shall pass on their roads." 



290 Thus our father spoke to us. 

 Did he not? 

 — Even so. — 



"Yonder, our daylight fathers. 

 Our children. 

 All of us shall pass on their roads." 



Thus our father said to us. 



Now that we four times have gone 



ahead 

 Our fathers. 



Even those with snow upon tlieir 

 heads, 

 300 With moss upon their faces. 



No longer upright but leaning on 



canes. 

 Even all of them 

 305 Will pass us on our roads. 

 And furthermore the women. 

 Even those who are with child. 

 Holding another on the cradle, 

 Witli another going before 



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

 270 ho"na an e'lete'ulja 

 ho"na an e'lete'una 

 a''witela'ma 

 ho"na su'lahaiyan po'van i'yan- 



te'tcUfa 

 i''yant€'tciE'ana 



275 le-'wi 



yu'"he'to pe'nan a'lfa 



ho"na ton a-'wona-e'late(fa 



hon ya'tojja tatc i'lapa te"ona 



yam te'iaci'nakwi 

 280 i-'muna kwa'toEiipa 



hon le'lialf' a"'tatc i'lapona 



a-'tsit i'lapona 



yam le'tacinakwi 



ko'w a'lan Keatoka te'a 

 285 kes te'mlamo 



te'Eohanan yam a''tatcu 



yam a^'tsita 



yam tca'we 



{fes te'mlamo hona 'wona-e'late- 

 natun'ona teajjiina 

 290 hon tatc i'li te"ona 



hate ho'na le'anikwaljii. 



hatci' 



le'hok" yam te'tohanan a'tatcu 



hom tcawe 



le'mla hon a'wona-e'latenatun- 

 'ona te'aEana 



hon tatc i'li te"ona 

 295 ho'na le'anikwafia 



a-'witela'ma 



hon o'neal e'Eulja tea'ana 



ho"na'wan a^'tatcu 



kow u'tcinan ha'ktopa 



300 po'hetci a'wiconapa 



e'lemaknan i'natina 



tapowan sati'li 



ifes le'mlamo 

 305 ho'n a'wona-e'latena'wa. 



a"'wo^(' a''teo'na 



ya'nine-nante 



lo'pa le'mana yiilto i'Keckuna 



lop e"kuka 



• The buckskin caps worn by the Ca'Iako impersonators. They are the same as those worn by war chiefs. 

 Jn the war dance the scalp is called Eacima po'yane (water cover). 



