
The Joy of a Singer
A wonderful occupation
Making songs!
But all too often they
Are failures.
A wonderful fate
Getting wishes fulfilled!
But all too often they
Slip past.
A wonderful occupation
Hunting caribou!
But all too rarely we
Excel at it
So that we stand
Like a bright flame
Over the plain.
- Piuvkaq, Netsilik Eskimo
(Next up...Chile.)