Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I

Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I

(loose translation by Michael R. Burch)

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I will extract the thorns from your feet.

For yet a little while, we will walk life's sunlit paths together.

I will love you like my own brother, my own blood.

When you are disconsolate, I will wipe the tears from your eyes.

And when you are too sad to live, I will put your aching heart to rest.