Sun goes up and Moon goes down;
Stars go west, and waters go east.
Rocks stand still as wind strokes them;
Grass holds tight as rains lave it.
As schools of redfish climb the River, fishers go from hills to catch it;
As herds of animals migrate south, packs of predators follow to hunt them.
The loop of life goes on irresistibly;
The loop of death goes hindwards, ineluctable.
One Hero goes against the flow, stubbornly;
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One and only one can reach the Edge eventually.
Not a human was the one who set the motion,
But a human will be the one who sets it in reverse.
Keep calm, however, Going One;
Your tracks are set, your motion is determined.
Upstream is death – it is the way of Heroes;
Downstream is your way, the way of life.
For everything alive goes there – and you go with it
Until you meet right there, in the middle,
Where the two loops meet;
Right where Sun and Moon meet;
Right where stars and waters meet;
Right where the fishers and the hunters meet;
Right where life and death meet.
Right there you will meet with the Hero and sing with him
A song of Victory.
Go on, then, Going One. Go on!
And we'll go with you.
Translated by Eren Ezhen Savier from Ma, generation 23.