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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



[ETH. ANN. 47 



80 One by one shall make tlieir roads 

 go forth.^^ 



Yonder where they have stood 

 since the first beginning 



Our fathers, 



The forest, 



The brush, 



Those who have been given do- 

 main 

 85 Yonder on all the mossy moun- 

 tains, 



There we passed them on their 

 roads. 



At the feet of some lucky one, 

 90 Offering prayer meal. 



Shells, 



Corn pollen, 



Even among their sharp fingers 



We looked about. 

 95 Breaking off the straiglit green 

 shoots of some lucky one, 



We drew them toward us. 



Even those standing there quietly, 



Holding their long life, 

 100 Their old age. 



Their waters, 



Their seeds, 



The divine ones made their roads 

 come hither. 



Near by into the house of our 

 fathers, 

 105 Our mothers. 



The clan of the sun,'^ 



Into their hoa.se the divine ones 

 brought their road 

 110 And there sat down quietly. 



This many days. 



Anxiously waiting 



With us, their children, they passed 

 their days. 



And now that their appointed time 

 had come, 



o'neal kwai'*ileKana-wa 



hoi tci'mikana'Kapa 



hon a'tatc i'lapona 



ta'wit-pj-'ii 



la'kwil-p3''ti 



85 la'lhok" a'wico yii'la'kona 



u'lo'na ya'niktcia'kona 



a''wona-e'Iatena 



hoi tcuw ha'lowi'li'kona 



an sa'kwia 

 90 ha'lawo'tinan-e 



lo'o 



o'nean a"'teakna 



a'si Ea'tsowakwinte 



i'yun'ulapnaka. 

 95 hoi tcuw ha'lowi'li-'kona 



a"'5awulkwi"nakna 



a^'wana'-u'lakapa 



yam lu'wala'Ei'konate 



yam o'naya'naljii 

 100 yam la'cialja 



yam Ea'cima 



yam ^o'waconan te'apa 



Ea'pin a^'ho'i o'neat i'kiina 



la'lik hon a'tatc i'lapona 



105 hon a''tsit i'lapona 



ya'to^' a'nota 



a' 'wan he'colakwi 



ka'pin a'ho'i 



o'neal kwa'toEapa 

 110 i'fiinan la'£ikna 



le'si Je'wanan-e 



a'ntsume'na 



ho"na tca'wilapa te'wanan a'te- 

 akii te'kwi 



Ife's le'n hai'tokwin te"tcipa 



^^ The frequent changes of tense in the following passages are confusing, but have been retained in the 

 translation because they are so characteristic a feature of the poetic style. It reflects the very slight 

 importance attached to clarity and coherence. 



Willow sticks may be gathered at any time, and kept by a man in the house in which he lives until ready 

 for use. He must have them in readiness for the prayer-stick making, which starts shortly after sunrise 

 the following day. 



■f^ An attempt on the part of the speaker to conceal his identity. He was neither a member of the Sun 

 clan nor living in a Sun clan house. 



