Tunkasila / Tunkasila
Hear me as I pray
Tunkasila / Tunkasila
May you guide each step on this earthly way
And as I walk...May I always remember
The trials of my sisters and brothers
And may I know them with a heart of compassion
May I know each one
Through your perfect love
Tunkasila, Tunkasila, Tunkasila, Oh Tunkasila
Tunkasila / Tunkasila
Hear me as I pray
Tunkasila / Tunkasila
May you guide each step on this earthly way
And may I live
By the ways you have given
In service on this earth
Oh, may we walk as one
And may I know in my heart all my relations
May I know each one
Through your perfect love
Tunkasila, Tunkasila, Tunkasila, Oh Tunkasila
Tunkasila, wowakan nan wowaste unyak'upiki hena wopila unkeniciyapelo
(Grandfather, the sacred and good things you have given to us. We say thank you for them)
Yuwanjila maunipi kte lo Tunkasila
(We walk as one, Grandfather)
Nan wowahwala, wotakuye, wicozani, nan wicouncage, Tunkasila, yuha naunjinpi ktelo. Tunkasila.
(...and tranquility, making of relations, welll-being, and the growth of all things, Grandfather...are what we will stand with Grandfather.)
Mitakuwe iyuha unsiwicunlapi nan, Tunkasila, iyuskinyan unipi ktelo, Tunkasila.
(All of my relations, we will love...and Grandfather, we will live joyfully. Grandfather.)
Tunkasila, Tunkasila / Hear me as I pray.
