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Water Is Life (Thomsen)

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First Line: 
All my relations come

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Genre: 
composed folk US
Topic: 
Native / indigenous issues

About the Song

Song for Standing Rock. Info on Sara at: www.sarathomsen.com/

All my relations, come
Every nation, come
All my relations under the sun
We are one

We are praying, come (2x)
We are the song and we are the drum / We…

We are the river, come (2x)
We are the boat, the paddle, the shore / We…

Mni wičoni, sing (Mitakuye Oyasin…)
Mni wičoni, sing
Mni wičoni, “water is life”
For everything

We are the water, sing (2x)
We are the water
We are where all life begins

We are the ancient ones (2x)
In your breath and bones we sing on
We are one

We are the meadow, come (2x)
We are the lark that sings
The new day has begun

We are the new day, run, run, run (2x)
We are the old and we are the young
We are one

We are the earth and sky
We are the thunder cries
We are the fire
We are the light in your eyes

We are standing strong
Like a rock, like a stone
On this sacred ground we belong
We are home

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Translation(s)

Translation: 

Mni wičoni (Mni wi-cho-nee) —Lakota for “water is life” 

 

Mitakuye Oyasin —Lakota for “All My Relations” 

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