The Path on the Rainbow, edited by George W. Cronyn, [1918], at sacred-texts.com
The Path on the Rainbow, edited by George W. Cronyn, [1918], at sacred-texts.com
Count thou, my son, the lights on South Star Trail;
Sa-a Naraï
Trust not time nor strength—they are twin liars;
Sa-a Naraï
On track of birth-dance the mourners wail—
Sa-a Naraï
The Tribe moves on—count thou the fires.
Sa-a Naraï
Beads, a few in falling rain; grains in desert sand;
Sa-a Naraï
The door of night swings wide—it will not close.
Sa-a Naraï
Still room for beads, dying hills for land;
Sa-a Naraï
The door is open—the Soul Trail glows.
Sa-a Naraï
I counted my sheep but not the bones;
Sa-a Naraï
A woman vows and goes her way;
Sa-a Naraï
Dust-wedded wealth—the desert owns—
Sa-a Naraï
Tomorrow smiles, while sad is yesterday.
Sa-a Naraï
Feast on wit and beauty—pendants of bone—
Sa-a Naraï
The eye-strings tie two souls today.
Sa-a Naraï
Fill the earthen bowl—fill jar of stone—
Sa-a Naraï
Youth blooms fresh—spring has not gone;
Sa-a Naraï
Winter gathers, gathers fruit of spring shower;
Sa-a Naraï
The frost-chain shakes—a soul moves on.
Sa-a Naraï
I saw a cripple, I saw a thief.
Sa-a Naraï
Go, hoe your corn with shoulder-blade of deer.
Sa-a Naraï
Where blows a wind, there stirs a leaf;