- Non-Erotic Poetry
- The Farming Song
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Click hereKong shwe neyah toh anteeyah
Ay anteeyah toh an syet gan Mayhah
Babne, tonome, fayam ne enlingsi schwe
Jeyanga, ne milletay teyts yo' anjama Wey
Ah ho sonam Wey seeyah chay Mayhah
Choh nan ansyam, geh" baynam onjah
Seeds of plants are collected by the farmer
The farmer plants them into the giving Earth
Sunflower, squash, climbing bean and ground bean,
Rice, and millet, all to feed the happy People
The People grow old and return into the Earth
Seasons of the year, the cycle of life complete
- COMMENTS
TJSkywindalmost 7 years agoAuthorFrom the introduction to Chapter 11: "Near the end of the chapter, Zinja sings an Oexecan song. The quote indicates a glottal stop, when the syllable is cut short. The language is a complete fabrication, but I wrote it after listening to a couple of albums by Radmilla Cody."
For those who don't know who Radmilla Cody is, she is a Dene (Navajo) singer. The two albums I was listening to were "From the Four Directions" and "Spirit of a Woman." (I have three of her albums now. Musically, my tastes are very eclectic. Yes, I have Carlos Nakai; another group I enjoy is Quichua Mashis - an Incan group who play gigs around Washington and Oregon; "Tantanacui" is a really good album, native Incan pipes and guitars, and lyrics are in Spanish.)
I really like Cody's second album a lot, and there are several songs I enjoy hearing. Included among those is a song about Lori Ann Piestewa, an Army Specialist and Hopi who was killed in the early days of the First Gulf War, and the first service woman killed in combat. She joined the Army to help provide for her family. During the fighting, their unit (507 Maintenance) got turned around in Nasiriyah and ended up coming under fire. Lori rescued Jessica Lynch when Lynch's water truck was disabled, leaving her stranded in enemy territory, and then helped other members of her unit. Unfortunately, their Humvee was wrecked, and both women ended up captured and interned in an Iraqi hospital, where Lori later died of her wounds.
Recognizing the importance of Lori's death led to the first thawing of rivalry between the Hopi and Dene tribes -- a rivalry spanning more than two centuries. Arizona's Squaw Mountain was renamed Piestewa Peak in her honor. In many circles, she is as well known as Ira Hayes, and is known among many tribes across the US and Canada. During the 13th Annual Memorial for Lori last year (2016), her daughter Carla carried the Hopi Eagle staff to the top of Piestewa Peak in remembrance of her mother. Powerful, heart-rending, yet inspiring stuff.
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