Song of the Circle

THE SONG OF THE CIRCLE

“From the great rock I see it, the Daybreak Star, the sign of the dawning

Above the mountain it rises and my heart dances.

Now the light comes, the light that makes me one with all life.

Like the tinamou I am, who sings in the dawn, who is humble with love,

Who walks in the circle of the greater love and the greater power.

Let me be like a ray of light, like a flower blazing with light,

Like the waterfall laughing with light, like the great tree also,

Mighty in its roots that split the rocks,

Mighty in its head that reaches the sky,

And its leaves catch the light and sing with the wind a song of the circle.

Let me be like the rainbow, whose colors teach us unity;

Let me follow always the great circle, the roundness of power,

One with the moon and the sun, and the ripple of waters,

Following the sacred way of honor, a guide and protector to the weak,

A rock of strength in my word that shall say no evil, no lie nor deception

Let me be like the otter, so loyal to his mate he will die for her,

So strong to his children they obey him as the shadows obey the sun;

And let me remember always the Great One, the Lord of the Dawning,

Whose voice whispers to me in the breeze, whose words come to me out

Of all the circles of life, whose command is like the thunder:

‘Be kind, be kind, be brave, be brave, be pure, be pure,

Be humble as the earth, and be as radiant as the sunlight!’’ “

A Guaymi Dawn Song,

Sung by Chio Jari