XXXIII. Songs in the Turtle Dance at Santa Clara

Songs of the Tewa, by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], at sacred-texts.com

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XXXIII

SONGS IN THE TURTLE DANCE AT SANTA CLARA

First song

Long ago in the north
Lies the road of emergence!
Yonder our ancestors live,
Yonder we take our being.
Yet now we come southwards
For cloud flowers blossom here
Here the lightning flashes,
Rain water here is falling!

Second song

A ha haya, ehe he,
A ha haya, ehe he!
Fog clouds and cloud flowers
On various mountains lie,
Cloud flowers are blooming now
Te he kwa, te he kwa!
From the north the lightning
Now makes flashes,
The thunder rumbles now,
Rain water now is falling!
A ha we ahe, aha we ahe,
Aha a a a, e e he e heye!