With beauty 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 below me, may I walk. With beauty all around me, may I walk.
Walking In Beauty Song (The Diné)
With Beauty May I Walk
Topic: The Natural World
In beauty may I walk.
All day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk.
With dew about my feet may I walk.
With beauty 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 below me, may I walk.
With beauty all around me, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.
It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.
Hózhó náhásdlíí
Walking In Beauty Song (The Diné)
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, p. 159 [Walking In Beauty Song, The Navajo People (The Diné)].
Theme: Natural World
Walking In Beauty Song, The Navajo People (The Diné)
Leon Podles
Another Variant of the Walking In Beauty Song
O’siyo: The following traditional prayer is from the Navajo People [the Dine’] and can be found in many places. The original author of this beautiful blessing is unknown. Some say that reading the words bring peace and calm. We have found this to be true…
Walking in Beauty: Closing Prayer from the Navajo Way Blessing Ceremony:
Hózhóogo naasháa doo Shitsijí’ hózhóogo naasháa doo Shikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa doo Shideigi hózhóogo naasháa doo T’áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa doo Hózhó náhásdlíí’ Hózhó náhásdlíí’ Hózhó náhásdlíí’ Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Linguistic Note: The word “Hozho” in Dine’ (roughly translated) Concept of Balance and Beauty. Consideration of the nature of the universe, the world, and man, and the nature of time and space, creation, growth, motion, order, control, and the life cycle includes all these other Navajo concepts expressed in terms quite impossible to translate into English. Some Navajos might prefer the term: “Nizhoni” meaning ‘just beauty.”
—Robert S. Drake, for Tom Holm, Ph.D. [University of Arizona American Indian Graduate Studies Program, Native American Religions and Spirituality].
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