Walking in beauty

Walking in beauty

Today I will walk out,
today everything unnecessary will leave me,
I will be as I was before,
I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body,
I will be forever happy,
nothing will hinder me.

I walk with beauty below me.
I walk with beauty above me.
I walk with beauty all around me.
My words will be beautiful.

In beauty, all day long, may I walk.
Through the returning seasons, may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen, may I walk.
With dew about my feet, may I walk.

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

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

It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.

Aho!

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Prayer from the Navajo Nation / Gebet der Navajo