How, Great Mystery!
Ancestor of the Great Spirit
Reflected in every being
In the power of creation
How, Mitakuye Oyasin!
For all our relationships
By the revealed virtues
In the purity of Love, the essential truth.
The wind runs across prairies
The rain falls on the hills
Thunder flashed, clearing the vastness of the Black Bear’s Directions.
How, Beings of the West!
From the stillness of silence, from the caves of the soul,
of the darkness that me
from these to the power of awakening, from ignorance to clarity…
How, Sage fields!
Sweet fragrance from Wakan-Tanka
Beings of the North, Heifer Woman,
Sublime Consort of the White Buffalo
Holy Pipe Peace Conductor
To the Sioux peoples, revealed by Thee
Raising the smoke, wrapped in prayers
Of gratitude and supplications, towards the Holy eagle, messenger of Light
How, Beings of the East!
where the sun rises
Anticipated by the Morning Stars
Who receives the powers of the Great Spirit of Wakan-Tanka
putting an end to the darkness
Bringing us the light of day
Of knowledge, of wisdom
So that we can see clearly
And the nobility of the look
From the eyes of the heart…
How, Beings of the South!
From the red earth, coyote child
That makes us realize the paths of pain
And makes us reborn in Beauty and Love
Destroying the illusion of the created image
Restoring the innocence and lightness of Being
The meaning of life, the reason for living…
To Father Sky
to mother earth
To the other Four Directions and to our relationships
All gratitude. All love
How, Mitakuye Oyasin!
Source: Tsipré.