The great sea has set me in motion
Set me adrift, adrift on the sea
moving me like a reed in a river, moving me.

The sky and the strong wind
have moved the spirit inside me
'till I am carried away trembling with joy
carried away.

Uvavnuk - mid 19th to 20th Century,  Netsilik Inuit lands of North America

Translated by:  Stephen Mitchell
From the book entitled The Enlightened Heart,  published by Harper Perennial