Monday, November 26, 2007

Colors of the wind


Think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life has a spirit has a name
Think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew
You never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry

To the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest

Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they're worth
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers

The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle in a hoop that never ends
Have you ever heard the wolf cry
To the blue corn moon
Or let the eagle tell you where he's been
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
How high does the sycamore grow

If you cut it down then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry
To the blue corn moon
For whether we are white of copper-skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the earth and still
All you'll own is earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

1 comment:

-- said...

Which words could you not find the translation for?

Yes I do live in university residence, although mine's more modern--it's "apartment-styled", not "dorm-styled". So I have a suite that I share with 4 other girls. We have 2 bathrooms, 1 living room and 1 kitchen. It's quite nice (a lot nicer than some of the older ones on campus, actually. My friend lives in another one, and she said there are mice in the building). I'll put up my most recent essay for my English class. I did alright on it, but it's based on books I've read in that class. If you know about Adam and Eve, and the bible, you shouldn't have too much problem understanding it.