Hopi Indian Saying

To watch us dance

To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.

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Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.

~ Izumi Shikibu from "Although the wind...,"translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani, in THE INK DARK MOON