10/04/10

Diné Bikeyah - the land of the People

 Diné Bikeyah is the land of the People. Diné Bikeyah exists in the heart of the Diné as hozhoogi - the beauty of life.
Diné Bikeyah also lies between the peaks of four Sacred Mountains.

Morning Spirit Song

The Morning Spirit song sings of the abundance
and wealth of the morning,
when the warmth and light of day come with all
its glory, when all is possible and potential.
 
You feel the water of life running
over your feet and the soft
wet earth beneath your feet.
 
You begin to walk
through the white corn fields as the pollen blesses you
with the sacred seed of Life.

You feel the good above you, below you,
in front of you, behind you
all around you

(Then the drumming shifts)
 
Now you are walking into the
twilight
 
into the darkness, into the night
bringing with you virtue and spiritual abundance gathered
during the sacred day.

The stars begin to come out.
This is the good way, the blessing way."

sung by Billy Yellow 2002
translated by Jeremiah Harvey

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