Mbavu ya nahodha
Tafuta mbavu ya nahodha aliyezama,
nafsi iliyodhoofishwa na njaa,
iliyopotea mahali mawimbi meusi hugonga.
Chonga trigramu za Upepo,
na muhuri wa Maji.
Chonga nyota za Dipa
katika mstari uliovunjika.
Katika kimya cha usiku wa manane,
simama peke yako.
Shika mfupa wa mwanadamu,
wenye alama za meno.
Katika bakuli la mbao
la wimbi linaloinuka,
iachie dira ya mchawi wa bahari ielee,
iwe njia yako,
iwe mwongozo wako.
Toboa kidole chako.
Iache damu itiririke.
Mlishe mzimu,
ili akupe ramani.
“Mzimu mwenye njaa,
tuongoze.
Nafsi yenye kiu,
sema nami.
Sema kuhusu bahari.
Sema kuhusu vilindi.
Mfupa utoe ukweli wake.
Bahari ivue pazia lake.
Mfupa ufunue yaliyofichwa.
Maji yajidhihirishe.
Maji bila maficho.
Mfupa hutema maneno ya kweli.
Mfupa, sema ukweli!
Maji, msifiche chochote!
Maji, msifiche chochote!”
Ikiwa mfupa huzunguka
kwa mwendo wa saa juu ya maji,
fuata mzimu.
Fuata njia yake.
Fuata mpaka
mahali wokovu unakungoja.
Seek the rib of a captain drowned,
A starved soul lost where the dark waves pound.
Carve the trigrams of Wind and the Water's sign,
Carve the Dipper’s stars in a jagged line.
At midnight dusk, stand alone,
With the teeth-marked edge of the human bone.
In a wooden bowl of the rising tide,
Float this sea witch’s compass to be your guide.
Prick your finger and let it bleed,
To feed the ghost for the map you need.
“Starved ghost, guide us;
Let the bone yield its truth, and the sea strip away its veil
Let the bone reveal the truth, and the waters lay themselves bare
Water without concealment
Bone spits out true words
Bone, speak the truth! Waters, hide nothing!”
If the bone spins clockwise upon the sea,
Follow the ghost where salvation must be.
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