NIGHTWAY: A NAVAJO PRAYER

   Canyon Lily   by Harry Hitzeman Jr., near Lake Powell, AZ
Canyon Lily by Harry Hitzeman Jr., near Lake Powell, AZ

In beauty may I walk.
All day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons may I walk.

Beautifully will I possess again.
Beautifully birds . . .
Beautifully joyful birds . . .

On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk.
With dew about my feet may I walk.

With beauty may I walk.
With beauty before me may I walk.
With beauty behind me may I walk.
With beauty above me may I walk.
With beauty all around me may I walk.

In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty,
lively may I walk.

In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty,
living again, may I walk.

It is finished in beauty.