Solidarity In The Night
This was the night
all the people sang together.
This was the night
all the people dreamed together.
This was the night
all the people danced together.
This was the night
all the people prayed together.
This was the night
all the people began to heal.
Ahlawe Usv' Tsigesvgi
Usv' tsigesvgi
nigata yvwi duninogisv.
Usv' tsigesvgi
nigata yvwi anasgitskvgi.
Usv' tsigesvgi
nigata yvwi analskvgi.
Usv' tsigesvgi
nigata yvwi anadadolistihvgi.
Usv' tsigesvgi
nigata yvwi anadaleni unidiwisga.
Eastern Cherokee translation of "Solidarity In The Night"
MariJo
Moore ©1997
from the book Spirit
Voice of Bones