Navajo Prayer

“In Beauty May I Walk”

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 butterflies…

On the trail marked with pollen may I walk;

With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk;

With dew around my feet 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;

In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty, living again…

It is finished in beauty.