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.