We wake; we wake the day,

The light rising in us like the sun

Our breath a prayer brushing

Against the feathers in our hands

Light dances in the body

Surrounds all living things

Even the stones sing

Although their songs are infinitely

Slower than the ones we learn from trees.

No human voice lasts

Long enough to make such music sound

 

我們醒來；我們醒來的那天， 

在我們身上升起的光，像太陽一樣

我們的呼吸祈禱 

輕觸我們手中的羽毛

光在身體上跳舞

圍繞所有生物

即使是石頭唱歌 

雖然它們的歌是無限的 

比我們從樹上學到的慢

沒有一個人聲能持續 

足夠長的時間，發出這樣的音樂