Song of the Sky Loom

I found this at the end of chapter 1 in the science book I teach from in my classroom and thought it was really cool.  We're talking about weather right now in science, but I liked the loom references!  It is a Native American prayer from the Tewa-speaking Pueblo village of San Juan, New Mexico.  The book says it is actually chanted in ceremonial rituals. 

Mother Earth                                                      Father Sky

we are your children

With tired backs we bring you gifts of love

Then weave for us a garment of brightness

its warp the white light of morning,

weft the red light of evening,

fringes the falling rain,

its borders the standing rainbow.

Thus weave for us a garment of brightness

So we may walk fittingly where birds sing,

So we may walk fittingly where grass is green.

Mother Earth                                                      Father Sky