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lirik lagu the song of hiawatha - hal holbrook

by the shore of gitche gumee
by the shining big~sea~water
at the doorway of his wigwam
in the pleasant summer morning
hiawatha stood and waited
all the air was full of freshness
all the earth was bright and joyous
and before him, through the sunshine
westward toward the neighboring forest
passed in golden swarms the ahmo
passed the bees, the honey~makers
burning, singing in the sunshine
bright above him shone the heavens
level spread the lake before him;
from its bosom leaped the sturgeon
sparkling, flashing in the sunshine;
on its margin the great forest
stood reflected in the water
every tree~top had its shadow
motionless beneath the water
from the brow of hiawatha
gone was every trace of sorrow
as the fog from off the water
as the mist from off the meadow
with a smile of joy and triumph
with a look of exultation
as of one who in a vision
sees what is to be, but is not
stood and waited hiawatha
toward the sun his hands were lifted
both the palms spread out against it
and between the parted fingers
fell the sunshine on his features
flecked with light his naked shoulders
as it falls and flecks an oak~tree
through the rifted leaves and branches
o’er the water floating, flying
something in the hazy distance
something in the mists of morning
loomed and lifted from the water
now seemed floating, now seemed flying
coming nearer, nearer, nearer
was it shingebis the diver?
or the pelican, the shada?
or the heron, the shuh~shuh~gah?
or the white goose, waw~be~wawa
with the water dripping, flashing
from its glossy neck and feathers?
it was neither goose nor diver
neither pelican nor heron
o’er the water floating, flying
through the shining mist of morning
but a birch canoe with paddles
rising, sinking on the water
dripping, flashing in the sunshine;
and within it came a people
from the distant land of wabun
from the farthest realms of morning
came the black~robe chief, the prophet
he the priest of prayer, the pale~face
with his guides and his companions
and the n0ble hiawatha
with his hands aloft extended
held aloft in sign of welcome
waited, full of exultation
till the birch canoe with paddles
grated on the shining pebbles
stranded on the sandy margin
till the black~robe chief, the pale~face
with the cross upon his bosom
landed on the sandy margin
then the joyous hiawatha
cried aloud and spake in this wise:
“beautiful is the sun, o strangers
when you come so far to see us!
all our town in peace awaits you
all our doors stand open for you;
you shall enter all our wigwams
for the heart’s right hand we give you
“never bloomed the earth so gayly
never shone the sun so brightly
as to~day they shine and blossom
when you come so far to see us!
never was our lake so tranquil
nor so free from rocks, and sand~bars;
for your birch canoe in passing
has removed both rock and sand~bar
“never before had our tobacco
such a sweet and pleasant flavor
never the broad leaves of our cornfields
were so beautiful to look on
as they seem to us this morning
when you come so far to see us!’
and the black~robe chief made answer
stammered in his speech a little
speaking words yet unfamiliar:
“peace be with you, hiawatha
peace be with you and your people
peace of prayer, and peace of pardon
peace of christ, and joy of mary!”
then the generous hiawatha
led the strangers to his wigwam
seated them on skins of bison
seated them on skins of ermine
and the careful old nokomis
brought them food in bowls of basswood
water brought in birchen dippers
and the calumet, the peace~pipe
filled and lighted for their smoking
all the old men of the village
all the warriors of the nation
all the jossakeeds, the prophets
the magicians, the wabenos
and the medicine~men, the medas
came to bid the strangers welcome;
“it is well”, they said, “o brothers
that you come so far to see us!”
in a circle round the doorway
with their pipes they sat in silence
waiting to behold the strangers
waiting to receive their message;
till the black~robe chief, the pale~face
from the wigwam came to greet them
stammering in his speech a little
speaking words yet unfamiliar;
“it is well,” they said, “o brother
that you come so far to see us!”
then the black~robe chief, the prophet
told his message to the people
told the purport of his mission
told them of the virgin mary
and her blessed son, the saviour
how in distant lands and ages
he had lived on earth as we do;
how he fasted, prayed, and labored;
how the jews, the tribe accursed
mocked him, scourged him, crucified him;
how he rose from where they laid him
walked again with his disciples
and ascended into heaven
and the chiefs made answer, saying:
“we have listened to your message
we have heard your words of wisdom
we will think on what you tell us
it is well for us, o brothers
that you come so far to see us!”
then they rose up and departed
each one homeward to his wigwam
to the young men and the women
told the story of the strangers
whom the master of life had sent them
from the shining land of wabun
heavy with the heat and silence
grew the afternoon of summer;
with a drowsy sound the forest
whispered round the sultry wigwam
with a sound of sleep the water
rippled on the beach below it;
from the cornfields shrill and ceaseless
sang the grasshopper, pah~puk~keena;
and the guests of hiawatha
weary with the heat of summer
slumbered in the sultry wigwam
slowly o’er the simmering landscape
fell the evening’s dusk and coolness
and the long and level sunbeams
shot their spears into the forest
breaking through its shields of shadow
rushed into each secret ambush
searched each thicket, dingle, hollow;
still the guests of hiawatha
slumbered in the silent wigwam
from his place rose hiawatha
bade farewell to old nokomis
spake in whispers, spake in this wise
did not wake the guests, that slumbered
“i am going, o nokomis
on a long and distant journey
to the portals of the sunset
to the regions of the home~wind
of the northwest~wind, keewaydin
but these guests i leave behind me
in your watch and ward i leave them;
see that never harm comes near them
see that never fear molests them
never danger nor suspicion
never want of food or shelter
in the lodge of hiawatha!”
forth into the village went he
bade farewell to all the warriors
bade farewell to all the young men
spake persuading, spake in this wise:
“i am going, o my people
on a long and distant journey;
many moons and many winters
will have come, and will have vanished
ere i come again to see you
but my guests i leave behind me;
listen to their words of wisdom
listen to the truth they tell you
for the master of life has sent them
from the land of light and morning!”
on the shore stood hiawatha
turned and waved his hand at parting;
on the clear and luminous water
launched his birch canoe for sailing
from the pebbles of the margin
shoved it forth into the water;
whispered to it, “westward! westward!”
and with speed it darted forward
and the evening sun descending
set the clouds on fire with redness
burned the broad sky, like a prairie
left upon the level water
one long track and trail of splendor
down whose stream, as down a river
westward, westward hiawatha
sailed into the fiery sunset
sailed into the purple vapors
sailed into the dusk of evening:
and the people from the margin
watched him floating, rising, sinking
till the birch canoe seemed lifted
high into that sea of splendor
till it sank into the vapors
like the new moon slowly, slowly
sinking in the purple distance
and they said, “farewell forever!”
said, “farewell, o hiawatha!”
and the forests, dark and lonely
moved through all their depths of darkness
sighed, “farewell, o hiawatha!”
and the waves upon the margin
rising, rippling on the pebbles
sobbed, “farewell, o hiawatha!”
and the heron, the shuh~shuh~gah
from her haunts among the fen~lands
screamed, “farewell, o hiawatha!”
thus departed hiawatha
hiawatha the beloved
in the glory of the sunset,.
in the purple mists of evening
to the regions of the home~wind
of the northwest~wind, keewaydin
to the islands of the blessed
to the kingdom of ponemah
to the land of the hereafter!

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