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 I

(His Landing on The Island)

Heaven-sent,

In his dolphin-drawn canoe

From worlds unknown

He landed on our shores.

The very palms

Bowed down their heads

In welcome to the coming King.

II

(His Meeting With The Beetle)

By moonlight in the mountains

He communed with beasts.

The shy Jabizri brings him picture-words

Of great distress.

III

(He liberates The Lost Families)

Big was his heart with pity;

Big were his hands with strength.

See how he tears the mountain like a yam!

See how the lost ones

Dance forth to greet the day!

IV

(He Makes Fire)

Our land was cold and dying.

He waved his hand and lo!

Lightning leapt from cloudless skies;

The sun leant down;