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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



[ETH. ANN. 47 



Having passed }"0U on your roads, 

 45 We shall add to your hearts. 



Adding to your hearts 



Your long life, 



Your old age. 



Your waters, 

 50 Your seeds, 



Your medicine 



Y'ou will grant to us. 



How the days will be 



You will make known to us. 

 55 Knowing that, we shall live. 



to'n hon a"'wona-e'latena 

 45 fo'n hon a"'wikena te'liana'wa 



i'ken i-'telia'na 



yam o'na-ya'naka 



yam ia'ciaka 



yam Ea'cima 

 50 yam to'waconan-e 



yam a'kwan-e 



ho"na ton ya'nhaitena'wa. 



ko"nhol fe'wanan te'atun'ona 



ho"na ton ai'yu'ya'Eana'wapa 

 55 u"s ai'yu'ya'na 



hon te'wanan a''teEan-a 



After praying, he waits for an omen. Next day they look for the 

 plants. A young man going for the first time gives his ceremonial 

 father a package of prayer meal, saying: 



Now this day, 



Our sun father 

 60 Having come out standing to his 

 sacred place. 

 And having yet a little ways to go, 

 To go in to sit down at his other 



sacred place. 

 Bringing prayer meal w hich I have 

 prepared, 

 65 Here near by, 



At the very edge of the wilderness, 

 I have passed you on your road. 

 Desiring our fathers' medicine 



We hold one another fast. 



Desiring the medicine of our an- 

 cestors. 



The ones who here belonged to 

 societies, 



The ones who used to understand 

 medicine. 



The beast priests. 

 75 Desiring their medicines, 



With prayer meal, 



With shells. 



With rich clothing. 



We hold one another fast. 

 80 My father, 



You will cleanse your thoughts, 



You will cleanse your heart. 



So that somehow we maj' be the 

 children of the divine ones. 



ma 'lu'Jfa ya'ton-e 

 hon ya'toka tatc i'lap a"'te'ona 

 yam te'lacinakwi 

 60 ye''lana kwai'MEiina 



topakil yam te'laeinakwi 



i'muna kwatok:atun te"kwi 



ko'w a'nte'wetcikwi 



yam ha'lawotinan ye'letc'u'kowa 

 i''}eana 

 65 lo'kwa le''wi te'a'a 



le'lupahantapte 



tom o'na-e'latena 



yam a-'tatcu 



a''wan a'kwan a'ntecemana 

 70 hon i''wiyaten-tsu'meRaka. 



ho"ua'wan a''Iacina'we 



li''hio ti'kan i'lapkona 



a'kwa* yai'yu'ya"na a'tea'kona 



we'ma' a''pi'}a'ci'wan-i 

 75 a''wan a'kwan a'ntecemana 



ha'lawo'tinan a'lja 



io'' a'ka 



u'tenan a'ka 



hon i-'wiyaten-tsumeEiUja 

 80 horn ta'tcu 



to' tse"mak i''Eokcuna 



to' i'ke"n i-'Eokcuna 



ko"lea Ea'pin a''ho'i 



ho* tca'wila'wa. 



