Behold, my brothers, the spring has come,
The earth has received the embraces of the sun
And we shall soon see the results of that love!
Every seed is awakened and so has all animal life.
It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being
And we therefore yield to our neighbors,
Even our animal neighbors,
The same right as ourselves, to inhabit this land.
SITTING BULL
To be of the Earth is to know:
the restlessness of being a seed
the darkness of being planted
the struggle towards the light
the pain of growth into the light
the joy of bursting and bearing fruit
the love of being food for someone
the scattering of your seeds
the decay of the seasons
the mystery of death
and the miracle of birth.
They who have the ocean as their eldest
Flow out of the sea, purifying themselves, never resting.
Indra, the bull with the thunderbolt, opened a way for them,
let the waters, who are goddesses, help me here now.
The waters of the sky or those that flow,
those that are dug out or those that arise by themselves,
those pure and clear waters that seek the ocean as their goal....
let the waters, who are goddesses, help me here now.
Those in whose midst King Varuna moves,
looking down upon the truth and flasehood of people,
those pure and clear waters that drip honey.....
let the waters, who are goddesses, help me here now.
Those among whom King Varuna, and Soma, and all gods
drink in ecstasy the exhilarating nourishment,
those into whom Agni Of-all-men entered.....
let the waters, who are goddesses, help me now.
White floating clouds,
Clouds like the plains,
Come and water the earth.
Sun embrace the earth
that she may be fruitful.
Moon, lion of the north,
Bear of the west,
Badger of the south,
Wolf of the east,
Eagle of the heavens,
Shrew of the earth,
Elder war hero,
Intercede with the cloud people for us
That they may water the earth.
COVER MY EARTH MOTHER FOUR TIMES WITH MANY FLOWERS.
LET THE HEAVENS BE COVERED WITH BANKED UP CLOUDS.
LET THE EARTH BE COVERED WITH FOG, COVER THE EARTH WITH RAINS.
GREAT WATERS, RAINS, COVER THE EARTH.
LIGHTENING COVER THE EARTH.
LET THUNDER BE HEARD OVER THE EARTH, LET THUNDER BE HEARD.
LET THUNDER BE HEARD OVER THE SIX REGIONS OF THE EARTH.
You ask
why I perch
on a jade green mountain?
I laugh but say nothing
my heart
free
like a peach blossom
in the flowing stream
going by
in the depths
in another world
not among men
