The Wind

THE WIND

The wind is carrying me round the sky; The wind is carrying me round the sky. My body is here in the valley

The wind is carrying me round the sky.

COURTSHIP

When I go I will give you surely
What you will wear if you go with me;
A blanket of red and a bright girdle,
Two new moccasins and a silver necklace.
When I go I will give you surely
What you will wear if you go with me!

PARTING

Now I go, do not weep, woman— Woman, do not weep;

Though I go from you to die,

We shall both lie down

At the foot of the hill, and sleep.

Now I go, do not weep, woman-
Woman, do not weep;

Earth is our mother and our tent the sky.
Though I go from you to die,

We shall both lie down

At the foot of the hill, and sleep.

Alice Corbin

VPRAYER TO THE MOUNTAIN SPIRIT

From the Navajo

Lord of the Mountain,
Reared within the Mountain,
Young Man, Chieftain,
Hear a young man's prayer!

Hear a prayer for cleanness.
Keeper of the strong rain
Drumming on the mountain,
Lord of the small rain

That restores the earth in newness,

Keeper of the clean rain,

Hear a prayer for wholeness.

Young Man, Chieftain,
Hear a prayer for fleetness.
Keeper of the deer's way,
Reared among the eagles,
Clear my feet of slothness.
Keeper of the paths of men,
Hear a prayer for straightness.

Hear a prayer for braveness.

Lord of the thin peaks,

Reared amid the thunders,