GREAT SPIRIT WHO WALKS THE FOUR WINDS,

HEAR MY VOICE,

FOR I HAVE TRAVELED LONG AND FAR,AND I HAVE GROWN TIRED AND WEARY

MY HEART HAS MUCH SADNESS FOR MY JOURNEY HAS TAKEN ME TO A LAND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND FEAR

MY EYES NO LONGER SEE THE BEAUTY I HAVE CREATED FOR ALL TO SEE,

THEY NOW ONLY SEE SHADOWS AND DARKNESS

MY EARS NO LONGER HEAR THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN AT PLAY,

THEY NOW ONLY HEAR THE SILENCE AT NIGHT, AND THE BEATING OF MY OWN HEART

I FEAR I HAVE TAKEN THE WRONG ROAD, 

AND WITH EACH PASSING OF THE SUN  MY HEART BECOMES MORE HEAVY WITH SADNESS

FOR I NO LONGER WALK IN BALANCE WITH THE UNIVERSE AND UPON EARTH

GREAT SPIRIT MUST I BE LOST FOREVER LIKE A PEBBLE WITHIN A MOUNTAIN OF STONES?

AM I TO WANDER FOREVER IN DARKNESS?

WILL YOU NOT LEND ME THE WISDOM OF MY FOUR LEGGED BROTHER, THE BUFFALO?

THE KEEN SIGHT AND SWIFTNESS OF FLIGHT OF MY FEATHERED BROTHER, THE EAGLE?

SO THAT I MAY RETURN LIKE THE BLOSSOMS OF SPRING AFTER LONG SNOWS OF WINTER.

WHERE ONCE AGAIN MY EYES MAY SEE THE RIDING OF THE SUN, THE BEAUTY OF OUR LAND

I WANT ONCE MORE MY EARS TO HEAR THE WINDS CARESSING THE LEAVES,

AND THE SOUND OF WATER RUSHING OVER THE STONES IN A STREAM.

I WANT MY HEART TO DANCE AGAIN TO THE MANY SONGS OF THE BIRDS IN SPRING.

I WANT TO KNOW THE HAPPINESS AND FEEL THE TRANQUILITY OF WALKING IN BALANCE WITH EARTH MOTHER

WHEN MY LIFT HAS ENDED, LIKE THE SETTING OF THE SUN I WANT TO STAND BEFORE YOU, GREAT SPIRIT,

WITH A PURE HEART, STRAIGHT EYES AND UNASHAMED